A recent study by a team from Chiba University has demonstrated a promising approach for fighting antibiotic resistance by identifying a compound, V-161, that inhibits a sodium-pumping enzyme critical ...

According to the National Capital Poison Center, a not-for-profit poison control organization, at least 85 drugs—including ...

An international collaboration has achieved an important breakthrough in understanding the genetic mechanisms that allow ...

Table 1. Main Characteristics of RCTs Included in the Metaanalysis* * All study antibiotics were administered orally. The use of antimicrobial agents other than those studied was not allowed.

There is not a significant difference in harm risks between one week and two weeks of antibiotic use, according to a study published Dec. 30 in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Shorter antibiotic ...

Imagine that the next time you catch a stomach bug and antibiotics fail to work, you knock back a vial of clear liquid. The solution teems with bacteriophages, viruses resembling tiny rocket ships.

New tactics in controlling infection are sorely needed, with antibiotic-resistant bacteria expected to claim as many as 2 million lives each year by 2050. US and Spanish researchers have now ...

Antibiotic and antifungal drug resistance pose a major public health threat. Live Science is covering the spread of this problem and the potential solutions that are emerging in turn. A crisis ...

The survival of antibiotic-resistance genes through the sewage treatment process and in the aquatic environment merits further study. Antibiotic Resistance in Marine Microbial Communities ...