by TGAR Foundation | Jul 8, 2024 | General
Jessica is 27 and works in the hospitality industry and after-school care at a primary school. Since September 2022, Jessica has been suffering from an ongoing wound infection after she received an artificial kneecap (meniscus implant). Jessica had been in a lot of...
by TGAR Foundation | Jun 27, 2024 | General
The European Centre for Disease Prevention ECDC warns that antibiotics no longer work well against some forms of the STD gonorrhea. This is because the bacteria that causes the disease becomes resistant. The ECDC calls this a “worrying development”. If...
by TGAR Foundation | Jun 13, 2024 | General
More countries must recognize how gender affects exposure to pathogens, finds a review by the World Health Organization Women might be more likely to develop drug-resistant infections than men — an under-recognized aspect of the growing threat of antimicrobial...
by TGAR Foundation | May 16, 2024 | General
Growing resistance to these drugs increases the risks to patients Sepsis, the body’s extreme and often deadly response to an infection, is a leading cause of death in hospitals, killing nearly 270,000 adults in the U.S. each year, and antibiotics play an essential...
by TGAR Foundation | May 14, 2024 | General
Introduction In the battle against antibiotic resistance, soil plays a pivotal role as a hidden battleground. Beneath our feet lies a complex ecosystem teeming with microorganisms, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which are a crucial indicator of the worldwide...
by TGAR Foundation | Apr 16, 2024 | General
Pieter is 54 years old and a philanthropy advisor. Thirteen years ago, Pieter became infected with multi-resistant bacteria after undergoing surgery in a foreign hospital. Those bacteria caused wound infections with permanent damage to his right knee. In August 2010,...
by TGAR Foundation | Mar 15, 2024 | General
Introduction: Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are a common medical issue affecting millions of people worldwide. While antibiotics have long been the primary treatment, a concerning trend has emerged in recent years. Many patients face recurring UTIs that are...
by TGAR Foundation | Mar 13, 2024 | General
Dutch researchers will set up a screening system for dangerous fungi. In this way, there will be a better surveillance of possible outbreaks, especially of the candida auris. According to the researchers, this fungus is an increasing problem worldwide. Major outbreaks...
by TGAR Foundation | Mar 7, 2024 | General
Antibiotic means a substance produced by living microbes that kills or inhibits the growth of other microbes (in the present context, this also includes compounds that are partly or fully synthetically produced). Antibiotics have been used since the 1930s to treat...
by TGAR Foundation | Mar 5, 2024 | General
“I HOPE MY CHILDREN WILL HAVE A GREAT LIFE” The Kyrgyz family of Zarina got hit hard by extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). The mother of five children first lost her husband due to XDR-TB. She herself and her two youngest sons Nursultan and Danyar also...
