An antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia apparently paves the way for developing antibiotics to kill drug-resistant bacteria by knocking out a piece of the bug’s cell wall, researchers in Denmark reported today. The finding could help launch new ways… Read More ›
The development of new antibiotics remains alarmingly neglected, report authors of an Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) public policy article. The article, appearing today in Clinical Infectious Diseases, is a progress report on the IDSA’s 10 × ’20 Initiative,… Read More ›
When a patient develops signs of a bacterial infection, clinicians often send a specimen to a laboratory to see if the illness-causing culprit can be identified. This process typically involves trying to coax bacteria from the specimen to grow in… Read More ›
Researchers from Newcastle University in England were researching whether an enzyme isolated from a bacterium found on the surface of seaweed could prove useful in cleaning the hulls of ships. In new studies of this enzyme, however, they explored whether… Read More ›
Two food safety rules proposed today by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) usher in a more proactive stance from the federal government in preventing contaminated food produced by domestic and foreign sources from reaching consumers in the United… Read More ›
A new study adds to growing evidence that a procedure known as fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an effective, fast-acting treatment for potentially deadly Clostridium difficile infection. Researchers presented data today at the annual Infectious Diseases Society of America meeting… Read More ›
Drug resistance has eliminated another antimicrobial agent from the clinical arsenal against gonorrhea. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that it no longer recommends the oral cephalosporin cefixime at any dose as a first-line treatment… Read More ›
Acellular pertussis vaccines, which have become favored over whole-cell pertussis vaccines because they are associated with fewer adverse events, may offer children less protection from pertussis, according to a study published in JAMA today. Ongoing pertussis outbreaks in the United… Read More ›
After 5 years of examining thousands of tissues from hundreds of volunteers, a consortium of scientists has created a microbial map of the healthy human body that will guide researchers in determining how microorganisms may contribute to such illnesses as… Read More ›
The deaths of 3 family members coinfected with seasonal influenza and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have prompted public health officials to remind clinicians how serious such infections can be. A report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Read More ›
