Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a major global health issue.Researchers have found that as some bacteria develop resistance to one antibiotic, they can develop sensitivity to another at the same time.Switching between these antibiotics may be one way of...
Although the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other dangerous pathogens still out there, like Yersinia pestis, which causes plague—the deadly disease that killed tens of millions of people during the infamous Black Death in the 14th century....
Amsterdam; The Netherlands / Helsinki; Finland (22 May, 2021): AMR Insights and The Global Antibiotic Resistance Foundation (TGARF) are happy to announce the global collaboration on combating Antimicrobial resistance (AMR). For professionals in the ‘One Health’...
The development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a natural process that has occurred long before the introduction of antibiotics to healthcare. However the overreliance and misuse of antibiotics has significantly accelerated the development and spread of...
Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP, CuratorLPBI Quantum dots target infections Photoactivated QDs Kill Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ A technique for treating bacterial infections has successfully used light-activated quantum dots (QDs) to kill multiple...
Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP, CuratorLPBI New antibiotic effective against MRSA A New Antibiotic (E)-3-(3-Carboxyphenyl)-2-(4-cyanostyryl)quinazolin-4(3H)-one, from University Of Notre Dame The emergence of resistance to antibiotics over the past few decades...
Writer and Curator: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP The Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance Antibiotic resistance has become a major challenge of our time. Common microorganisms that inhabit the skin, mouth and nares, and fecal organisms are transmitted in...
Reporter and Curator: Dr. Sudipta Saha, Ph.D. The Journey of Antibiotic Discovery The term ‘antibiotic’ was introduced by Selman Waksman as any small molecule, produced by a microbe, with antagonistic properties on the growth of other microbes. An antibiotic...
