Similar CAP Outcomes for Short vs Long Antibiotic Courses
A multicenter target trial emulation found that for eligible patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), health outcomes were…
Recent studies prove the ancient practice of nasal irrigation is effective at fighting the common cold
It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat. Then, a sneeze. Then coughing, sniffling…
Antibiotics Turned This Woman’s Limbs Into an Unsettling Horrorshow
A woman’s skin care treatment inadvertently turned into its own nightmare. A recent case report describes how she…
Smart wound dressing delivers antibiotics to speed up healing
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Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago
Creating birch tar using Neanderthal methods. Image credits: University of Cologne. If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000…
Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as Natural Antibiotic
New experiments show that tar made from birch bark — long known as a tool adhesive — can…
Combinations of colistin and bacteriocins prevent the selection of colistin resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii
Gigante, V. et al. Multi-year analysis of the global preclinical antibacterial pipeline: trends and gaps. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother.…
Researchers discover 5,000-year-old bacteria resistant to modern antibiotics
Frozen bacteria kept for 5,000 years in an underground cave have been found to be resistant to modern…
Device Suggests Correct Antibiotic in 36 Minutes
If new research holds up, doctors may be able to get lab-style answers on pathogens before they’ve…
Amoxicillin Not Banned in Nigeria, NAFDAC Confirms
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has dismissed claims circulating on social media…
Large-scale testing of antimicrobial lethality at single-cell resolution predicts mycobacterial infection outcomes
Sample collection We used the Mycobacterium abscessus laboratory strain ATCC-19977, the avirulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Ra and the…
Which European countries use the most antibiotics?
Health experts have called on Europe to curb its reliance on antibiotics as the threat of drug resistance…