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Patients with heart conditions should practice good hygiene to prevent infective endocarditis

Patients with specific cardiac conditions such as valvular heart disease and congenital abnormalities, or those requiring a pacemaker, should practice good dental and skin hygiene to help prevent rare but potentially deadly infections of the heart's inner lining and valves, according to European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on infective endocarditis, published online today in European Heart Journal.

25 Aug 2023

What are the needs for clinical application of next-generation sequencing for microbiological diagnosis?

Scientists have surveyed to understand the need for clinical application of next-generation sequencing in microbiology laboratories.

23 Aug 2023

Kidney–Gut axis: study shows potential link between gut dysbiosis and chronic kidney disease

Researchers reviewed published scientific work on the kidney-gut axis.

22 Aug 2023

Big data and machine learning can help combat antimicrobial resistance in livestock

A new study suggests that using big data and machine learning in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in livestock production methods could help inform interventions and offer protections against germs that are becoming resistant to antibiotics.

18 Aug 2023

Study shows how antibiotic resistance genes build up over a lifetime

Cooking food thoroughly and avoiding some types of vegetables and salad during a course of antibiotic treatment could potentially reduce antibiotic resistance, by preventing bacteria carrying resistance genes getting into the gut, according to a new study.

17 Aug 2023

Scientists capture first images of ribosome-modifying enzymes in action

Bacteria draw from an arsenal of weapons to combat the drugs intended to kill them. Among the most prevalent of these weapons are ribosome-modifying enzymes.

14 Aug 2023

How does particulate matter air pollution contribute to antibiotic resistance?

Researchers explore the role of particulate matter within the environment to facilitate the spread of genetic elements responsible for antibiotic resistance.

14 Aug 2023

Synergistic winter flounder antimicrobial peptides unveil new path to enhanced bactericidal therapy

The synergistic action of six winter flounder (WF) antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) against bacterial pathogens.

14 Aug 2023

Antimicrobial resistance linked to 569,000 deaths in the Americas in 2019

569,000 deaths were linked to bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in all 35 countries of the WHO Region of the Americas, according to a new peer-reviewed paper published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas.

8 Aug 2023

Phage therapy shows promise in treating tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

A new international study conducted by the Israeli Phage Therapy Center (IPTC) led by Prof. Ran Nir-Paz at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center and Prof. Ronen Hazan of the Faculty of Dental Medicine at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, using phage PASA16 on compassionate basis to treat tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, has shown promising results with an 86.6% success rate.

7 Aug 2023

Peptoid antiviral therapy inactivates three viruses in lab tests

Just as bacteria can develop antibiotic resistance, viruses can also evade drug treatments. Developing therapies against these microbes is difficult because viruses often mutate or hide themselves within cells.

2 Aug 2023

Study offers new insight into how antimicrobial resistance emerges in patients with bacterial infections

A research study led by the University of Oxford provides a transformational new insight into how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerges in patients with bacterial infections.

31 Jul 2023

Advancing new antibiotics through the later stages of clinical testing

A report by University of Queensland researchers has warned a global crisis of antibiotic resistance is inevitable, despite promising developments in new antibiotics.

25 Jul 2023

Using bacteriophages to treat bladder infections

About one in two women are affected by cystitis during her lifetime, and many suffer from recurrent urinary tract infections.

21 Jul 2023

AI and infection control: preventing infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics

Researchers discussed the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in preventing outbreaks of infectious diseases and future pandemics.

19 Jul 2023

PALACE study: Direct oral challenge can safely remove penicillin allergy label

Penicillin allergy affects more than 25 million people in the United States (up to 1 in 10 Americans) and has been shown to lead to particularly poor health outcomes in pregnant women and surgical patients. It is also a public health threat, leading to antibiotic resistance and infections in hospitalized patients that can be life threatening.

17 Jul 2023

Detection of antibiotic resistance genes in clinical samples through bioinformatic approaches

Study explored the utility of metagenomic next-generation sequencing alignment methods to identify bacterial populations with antibiotic resistance.

13 Jul 2023

Study provides a transformational new insight into emergence of antimicrobial resistance

A research study led by the University of Oxford provides a transformational new insight into how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerges in patients with bacterial infections.

12 Jul 2023

Trends in antibiotic usage among inpatients in South America during COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted antibiotic use in healthcare facilities throughout South America.

12 Jul 2023

Viruses and bacteria frequently interact in man-made environments, study shows

Viruses in man-made environments cause public health concerns, but they are generally less studied than bacteria. A recent study led by environmental scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) provided the first evidence of frequent interactions between viruses and bacteria in man-made environments.

7 Jul 2023

Antibiotic Resistance News and Research

Patients with heart conditions should practice good hygiene to prevent infective endocarditis

What are the needs for clinical application of next-generation sequencing for microbiological diagnosis?

Kidney–Gut axis: study shows potential link between gut dysbiosis and chronic kidney disease

Big data and machine learning can help combat antimicrobial resistance in livestock

Study shows how antibiotic resistance genes build up over a lifetime

Scientists capture first images of ribosome-modifying enzymes in action

How does particulate matter air pollution contribute to antibiotic resistance?

Synergistic winter flounder antimicrobial peptides unveil new path to enhanced bactericidal therapy

Antimicrobial resistance linked to 569,000 deaths in the Americas in 2019

Phage therapy shows promise in treating tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

Peptoid antiviral therapy inactivates three viruses in lab tests

Study offers new insight into how antimicrobial resistance emerges in patients with bacterial infections

Advancing new antibiotics through the later stages of clinical testing

Using bacteriophages to treat bladder infections

AI and infection control: preventing infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics

PALACE study: Direct oral challenge can safely remove penicillin allergy label

Detection of antibiotic resistance genes in clinical samples through bioinformatic approaches

Study provides a transformational new insight into emergence of antimicrobial resistance

Trends in antibiotic usage among inpatients in South America during COVID-19 pandemic

Viruses and bacteria frequently interact in man-made environments, study shows

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