East African Study Links Livestock Systems to Antibiotic Use
A cross-sectional study in northern Tanzania reveals how livestock production systems influence human antibiotic use, with smallholders and agropastoralists accessing ...
Tag: antibiotic resistance
Black Seed Phytochemicals Show Cooperative Antibacterial Activity Against Drug-Resistant Staph
A systematic review and computational study indicates that Nigella sativa compounds may cooperatively target penicillin-binding protein 2a and disrupt membranes ...
New study to map values and trade-offs shaping antibiotic use in Sweden, Italy, and Bulgaria
A three-year mixed-methods empirical ethics study will examine how the public and stakeholders in Sweden, Italy, and Bulgaria weigh responsible ...
Mobile Genetic Elements Drive Drug Resistance Spread Across Swine and Humans
A genomic survey of Escherichia coli in Sichuan Province reveals that mobile genetic elements rather than bacterial clones drive the ...
Rifampin’s promise against joint implant infections comes with sharp limits
A narrative review finds rifampin helps selected staphylococcal implant infections, especially after two-stage revision, but its benefit in debridement with ...
Class 1 and 2 Integrons Widespread in Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa From Iranian Hospitals
A study of 187 clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from four Iranian hospitals found Class 1 integrons in 39% and Class ...
Ascorbic Acid Undermines Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Lab Tests
Ascorbic acid showed antibacterial, antibiofilm, and anti-quorum sensing activity against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in laboratory testing.
Human organotypic skin explant culture: an ex vivo model for Staphylococcus aureus colonization and antimicrobial testing
Researchers standardized an ex vivo human skin explant model that kept tissue viable while tracking Staphylococcus aureus growth and antibiotic ...
Capsule Networks Push Antimicrobial Peptide Prediction Past 97 Percent Accuracy
A capsule neural network model called AMP-CapsNet achieved 97.29 percent test accuracy in classifying antimicrobial peptides when using dipeptide composition ...
AI Framework Aims to Transform Helicobacter pylori Care from Diagnosis to Vaccines
A new review proposes a five-module artificial intelligence framework linking endoscopic diagnosis, genomic resistance prediction, vaccine design and digital adherence ...
Hospital sewers are hotspots where antibiotics actively breed resistant bacteria
A study of Swedish hospitals shows that ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime in hospital wastewater actively select for antibiotic-resistant bacteria in sewer ...
Modelling Points to Ten Fixes for Better Phage Therapy
A new review outlines ten concrete measures, from phage selection to dosage modelling, for improving the consistency of phage therapy ...
Fire Blight Bactericide Shows Low Resistance Risk in Xinjiang Pear Orchards
A study of 131 Erwinia amylovora isolates establishes a sensitivity baseline to zhongshengmycin and finds a currently low field resistance ...
River Yamuna Bacterium Removes Most Amoxicillin in Lab Test
A Burkholderia strain isolated from Delhi's Yamuna River removed 68.9 percent of amoxicillin in a minimal medium within 14 days, ...
Fungi may help antibiotic resistance genes survive livestock manure composting
A 30-day pig manure composting experiment found that suppressing fungal activity increased the removal of antibiotic resistance genes from 34.32% ...
High Self-Medication Rates Among Deaf Adults in Ghana’s Ashanti Region
A cross-sectional study reveals high prevalence of self-medication and antibiotic misuse among Deaf adults in Ghana, driven by attitudinal factors ...
Antibiotic Spectrum, Not Dose or Duration, Drives ICU Carbapenem Resistance Risk
A prospective cohort study of 422 ICU patients in Shanghai finds that antibiotic spectrum breadth, measured by the Antibiotic Spectrum ...
Medicinal Plants Show Promise Against the Bacteria Behind Bovine Mastitis
A new review examines how plant-derived compounds such as thymol, carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde act against the major bacterial causes of ...
Early CRP changes track whether antibiotics work in bacteremia patients
A retrospective Israeli study found that early rises in C-reactive protein were associated with appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy in patients ...
Tropical Tree Bark Compounds Show Promise Against Oral Bacteria in Early Study
A preliminary study found that aqueous Spondias mombin bark extract inhibited growth of oral bacterial isolates in a concentration-dependent manner, ...
