Antibiotics have been used as growth enhancers to minimise diarrhoea and pathogenic opportunistic infections and maximise the ...

T he global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time. In ...

Research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that resistant bacteria can regain susceptibility to antibiotics when the treatment is combined with a material equipped with ...

It shows that treating adult patients hospitalized with sepsis due to bloodstream infection with a one-week short course of antibiotics is no different to a traditional two-week course.

which cannot fully recover after repeated antibiotic perturbation, and might cause a shift to a different, but stable community. Our oral and fecal microbiota are distinctly different, both in the ...

A team led by Drs Sharon Gardiner and Sarah Metcalf (of Te Whatu Ora - Waitaha) developed the national prescribing guidelines in a broader Te Niwha-funded project led by Drs Stephen Ritchie and Karen ...

Karina Khatic has seen firsthand the misuse of pharmaceuticals and the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) they can cause.

According to WHO, Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) makes infections harder to treat and makes other medical procedures and treatments – such as surgery, caesarean sections and cancer chemotherapy – ...

The antibiotic prescribed depends on the bacteria that causes the infection and the patient's allergies. Here are common antibiotics prescribed for different infections: Chlamydia is a bacterial ...

The use of antibiotics has risen by more than 21 percent since 2016, according to analysis of 67 countries, fueling fears about the threat of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic use is one of the ...

Antibiotic selection, dosing, and route were at the discretion of the treating team. We excluded patients with severe immunosuppression, foci requiring prolonged treatment, single cultures with ...

The state of our guts is so revealing about our health. Stress, illness, anxiety can all manifest in our stomachs. “It ...