All Antimicrobial Resistance articles – Page 40
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NewsIron-scavenging endophyte could be newest weapon against resistant TB
An iron-scavenging endophytic bacterium could be the latest class of weapon in the fight against multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, researchers have found.
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NewsAntibiotic resistance centre to expand to 150 researchers
The Center for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe) in Gothenburg is to expand, incorporating a broader base of partners and funders from January 1 2023, including Chalmers University of Technology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Region Västra Götaland.
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NewsBacterial speed of growth and metabolism can offer answers to inoculum effect
Scientists have discovered that interactions between how fast bacteria grow and the amount of energy or metabolism bacteria have can explain the inoculum effect for multiple antibiotics and bacteria species.
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NewsLasso peptide points the way to new antibiotics for untreatable infections
Princeton Engineering researchers have isolated a compound that kills bacteria that can cause incurable infections.
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NewsGamechanging project could propel anti-microbial peptides into forefront of AMR battle
Experts from the University of Huddersfield have teamed up with an international consortium of partners for a four-year research project that aims to develop a new method for the commercial production of anti-microbial peptides (AMPs).
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NewsResearchers uncover role of sulphides in aerobic/anaerobic switching in bacteria
A research team has cast fresh light on the special mechanisms by which bacteria in the human intestinal tract can switch from aerobic respiration to anaerobic respiration depending on their environment.
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NewsScientists show how livestock systems act as a reservoir for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria
Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the University of Liverpool, the University of Edinburgh and elsewhere have traced how livestock systems act as a reservoir for antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria and AMR genetic determinants that may infect or colonize people. Source: Leo Li Cattle in Kenya ...
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NewsInternational team tracks the global spread of antimicrobial resistance
An international research team has provided valuable new information about what drives the global spread of genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria.
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NewsAntibiotics could be given to children at UK schools affected by Strep A: government
Antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by Strep A to stop the spread of the infection, schools minister Nick Gibb has suggested.
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NewsSewage yields in-depth world map of antimicrobial resistance
Researchers have used sewage analysis to map where in the world the occurrence of resistance genes is highest, how the genes are located, and in which types of bacteria they are found.
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NewsFull ICUS and abuse of meds sparked post-pandemic outbreak of drug-resistant fungus in Brazil
Researchers in Brazil have reported the largest outbreak to date of COVID-associated candidemia caused by the same drug-resistant strain of Candida parapsilosis, a fungus that invades the bloodstream and can lead to death.
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NewsNew evidence that drug resistant bacteria can travel from gut to lung
A new study from the Department of Biology, University of Oxford, has found the first direct evidence of antibiotic resistant bacteria migrating from a patient’s gut microbiome to the lungs.
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NewsAston University and Partnership Medical fight antimicrobial resistance with world-first automated endoscope cleaner
Aston University and Partnership Medical (PML) have completed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), resulting in the development of a revolutionary automated system for the high-level cleaning of endoscopes.
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NewsNew Omicron subvariant resistant to all approved therapeutic antibodies
Rrsearchers in Germany have found that the Omicron sub-lineage BQ.1.1, currently on the rise worldwide, is resistant to all the approved antibody therapies used to treat individuals at risk for severe Covid-19 disease.
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NewsResearcher receives €1.5m from ERC to probe insecticide resistance in malaria transmission
Dr Victoria Ingham, a scientist at Heidelberg Medical Faculty and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of €1.5 million for her research on the infectious disease malaria.
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CareersAMI internship leads Zoe down path of antimicrobial resistance
Zoe Dunphy undertook a lab internship in 2020 in Trinity College Dublin’s microbiology department, funded by an AMI Summer Studentship Grant. She reveals how that experience has developed her work on AMR.
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NewsHospitals are riskier than farms when it comes to superbug transmission - but beware your pet
A deadly drug resistant bacterium that rivals MRSA is found in livestock, pets and the wider environment, but is rarely transmitted to humans through this route, scientists have found.
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Features
Under the microscope: the ESKAPE pathogens
Learn about the multi-drug resistant pathogens on the World Health Organization’s list of ‘Priority Pathogens’
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Long ReadsPartnering with low- and middle-income countries to co-develop sustainable antimicrobial resistance solutions
ICARS envisions a world where drug-resistant infections no longer pose a threat to the health of humans and animals, the environment, global food security and economic prosperity.
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CareersA day in the life of a medical microbiologist
Insights into the working life from the forefront of tackling AMR.