Tag Archives: Antibiotic

[ad_1] A report today from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows a wide range in the amount of antibiotics being consumed in different countries. The report, released on the first day of …

[ad_1] Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65 percent) say they are concerned that antibiotic resistance will make more infections difficult or impossible to treat and even deadly, according to a national public opinion …

[ad_1] Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has increased by 32% since 2007 in Europe, according to a brand new report.  A new Lancet report based on data the EARS-Net provided in 2015 counts 33,000 deaths due …

[ad_1] Nov. 12-18 is U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week. The week is part of the Centers for Disease Control's efforts to improve antibiotic prescribing and use among health care facilities, physicians and farms. …

[ad_1] The Brazilian Ministry of Health received 11,524 outbreaks of foodborne illness between 2000 and 2015, of which 219,909 people became ill and 167 died of the disease. Bacteria have caused most …

[ad_1] Zoliflodacin, a new antibiotic, was effective in the treatment of urogenital gonorrhea, as well as in a small proportion of patients with double-sided gonorrhea infections, according to an open-label phase II …

[ad_1] Antibiotic resistance is one of the hottest concerns worldwide today and is likely to take over the human civilization to the pre-antibiotic era at this rate. A new report titled "Stemming …

[ad_1] A single oral dose of the investigational antibiotic zoliflodacin performs as well as intramuscular ceftriaxone (Rocephin, Hoffman-LaRoche) for treatment of uncomplicated urogenital and rectal gonococcal infections, a multicenter phase 2 trial …

[ad_1] The absence of restrictions on access to antibiotics and their irrational use, non-standardized microbiology laboratories, the use of antibiotics in livestock and fisheries, and the lack of sanitation lead to widespread …

[ad_1] Scientists say they have developed a novel antibiotic that looks promising in early clinical trials of kidney infections and urinary tract infections (UTIs). The new antibiotic, the cefiderocol, acts as the …