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Will we really die from minor scratches in the future? Q&A with antibiotic resistance expert
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoThe Conversation spoke to James P. O'Gara, a professor of microbiology, about the problem of...
Antibiotic Delays in ED Triple Sepsis Deaths in Children
Medscape· 2 days agoDelays in antibiotic administration increased the mortality risk by threefold in children with...
Antibiotics wreak havoc on the gut. Can we kill the bad bugs and spare the good ones?
The Sacramento Bee· 1 day agoInside every human is a thriving zoo of bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microscopic organisms col...
A simple change to save thousands of patients with sepsis
Medical Xpress· 5 days agoA clinical trial and systematic review have shown that intravenously administering commonly used...
Randomized trial, meta-analysis shed new light on optimal antibiotic strategy for sepsis
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 6 days agoThe authors of the studies say the findings should provide enough evidence for clinicians to make...
AI face-off: nerds vs. evangelists
Politico· 1 day agoSend tips securely through SecureDrop, Signal, Telegram or WhatsApp. A promising experimental antibiotic that could treat gonorrhea is headed to the Food...
Advice | What the latest science says about Lyme disease
Washington Post· 1 day agoLyme disease is a bacterial infection that spreads through tick bites. It may cause flu-like symptoms and a bull’s-eye-shaped rash. Most people fully recover after a few weeks of antibiotic ...
UK’s new Netflix-style funding model for antibiotics goes live
Pharmaceutical Technology via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoThis has seen R&D funds for such projects fall short: in 2020, the pharmaceutical industry raised...
Antibiotics, resistant bacteria found on ocean surface
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 19 hours agoA total of 70% of marine bacteria were resistant to ofloxacin, 95% to clindamycin, 58% to clarithromycin, and 100% to novobiocin.
£8m Longitude Prize won for tackling superbug rise
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt has been awarded for a test that rapidly detects whether an infection is caused by bacteria and identifies the right antibiotics to treat it. The test...
