How Cranberry Juice Can Prevent Urinary Tract Infections Jul 26, 2008
(June 20, 2002) Public health officials concerned about the rising problem of antibiotic resistance ; the immunity that bacteria develop to common prescriptions ; may have an ally in a common household. (Jan. (Science Daily)
Certain Foreign-Born Populations In United States Have Higher Risk ... Jul 24, 2008
For instance, when examining antibiotic resistance among the culture positive entrants, isoniazid resistance was found in 20% of Vietnamese entrants, 18% of Peruvian entrants, 17% of those from the Philippines, and 16% from China. In examining the number of TB cases, annual case rates in individuals born in many of the countries of sub-Saharan Africa were greater than 250 per 100,000 persons during the first two years of entry. (Medical News Today)
Fear over pandemic disease effort Jul 23, 2008
The report acknowledged the threat from this, but also pointed out problems with diseases such as TB and malaria which were developing antibiotic resistance. The Lords said the UK government's approach was good, but raised concern about how well organised the overall international effort was. (BBC News -- Health)
Hospital bungles to be exposed Jul 23, 2008
Growing resistance to antibiotic drugs "contributed to poor patient outcomes and threatens to undermine the great advances in treatment of infectious diseases". But there was no national program to draw together data on the incidence and prevalence of multi-resistant organisms, the commission report said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Antibiotic Resistance: Blame It on Lifesaving Malaria Drug? Jul 22, 2008
Antibiotic Resistance: Blame It on Lifesaving Malaria Drug ... Antibiotic Resistance: Blame It on Lifesaving Malaria Drug ... Resistance to ciprofloxacin has emerged in people without access to the antibiotic, but who have taken a related antimalarial. (Scientific American)
Incorrect Treatment For Lyme Diseas... Jul 21, 2008
inhibition of our immune systems by tick and bacterial defenses, and development of resistance of Borrelia to common antibiotics allow the bacteria to escape eradication ... Bacteria can acquire genes for antibiotic resistance from resistant strains of other species ... The key to treatment of LD is to have the treatment started as soon as you suspect you have the disease - before the bacterium transform, mutate, or obtains antibiotic resistance. (Suite101.com)
Health Watch: Mississippi remains most obese state Jul 21, 2008
You can jog behind the stroller, incorporate walking lunges and use bands for resistance training. 3. (Norwich Bulletin)
Resistance To Widely-used Antibiotics Found Among Inhabitants Of Remote South American Villages Jul 19, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 18, 2008) Resistance to ciprofloxacin, a member of one of the most commonly used groups of antibiotics in the world, has been discovered by a team of Canadian researchers among people in remote South American villages who are believed to have never taken this medication ... The researchers found high levels of ciprofloxacin resistance in Escherichia coli in Amerindians from the Guyanese rainforest ... "We also found resistance in many other species of bacteria--including... (Science Daily)
Idahoans sue Tyson over antibiotics in chicken Jul 19, 2008
Tyson was later allowed to say its products are "raised without antibiotics that impact antibiotic resistance in humans." ... They are also asking that the lawsuit be made a class action on behalf of all the people who purchased Tyson chicken labeled either "raised without antibiotics" or "raised without antibiotics that impact human antibiotic resistance" after June 2007. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Malaria drug may hit antibiotics Jul 18, 2008
Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in Western countries, where strains of disease-causing bacteria such as Staphylococcus have adapted to beat some of the most commonly-used drugs ... They took rectal swabs from more than 500 villagers, and checked the bacteria found, including E.coli and Salmonella, for their resistance to ciprofloxacin, one of the most commonly used antibiotics in the world ... The degree of resistance found was so high that it was likely that other antibiotics in the... (BBC News)
New staph strain alarms isle doctors Jul 17, 2008
She urged doctors to select the type and dose of antibiotics with caution "in the critical fight against the rise in anti-microbial resistance.". News of the so-called vancomycin-intermediate staph A infection comes as doctors are already wary of another, more serious strain, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) -- the so-called superbug. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
New Study Sheds Light On How Intracellular Pathogens Trigger The Immune System Jul 17, 2008
The pathogens' signals come from multidrug resistance transporters (MDRs), membrane proteins used by a wide variety of organisms to pump out a broad range of molecules from their systems. Similar transporters have been linked in other studies to the development of resistance to multiple drugs that are toxic to the pathogen ... This study is the first to connect multidrug resistance transporters directly to stimulation of the immune system, although the nature of the molecules that the bacteria... (Science Daily)
Malaria drug may be fueling antibiotic resistance Jul 16, 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Treatment with a common malaria drug may explain why people in remote villages in South America have high levels of resistance to a widely used class of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones, despite never having taken the drugs, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday. The surprising findings suggest that treating malaria with the cheap, widely used drug chloroquine -- a close cousin of fluoroquinolones -- may boost the risk of resistance to these antibiotics, they said ...... (Scientific American)
SARS spurs China to act on AIDS Jul 16, 2008
Widely used malaria drugs are causing antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Could the return of the US spell doom for Kyoto. (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Online Courses Boost Infection Control Skills That Could Prove Vital In A Pandemic Jul 13, 2008
"International travel and bacterial resistance are also global health issues and these draw attention to the need for improved infection control" says Professor Atack. "The Canadian organisations that managed the SARS outbreak have also raised major concerns about the limited availability of infection control experts and courses to train or retrain healthcare staff in basic infection control procedures. "There is global consensus about this gap and the need for greater emphasis on infection... (Science Daily)
Stamp out superbugs or pay the price, govts warned Jul 8, 2008
Called Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by health professionals, the bugs earned their 'super' tag because they have developed resistance to most of the antibiotics used to treat them. Associate Professor Keryn Christiansen, the president of the Australian Society for Microbiology, says treatment can be very difficult and in some cases almost impossible. (ABC Online)
Newly Identified Enzyme Treats Deadly Bacterial Infections In Mice Jul 8, 2008
Unlike the guerrilla warfare tactics of antibiotics, which give bacteria time to assemble their resources and develop resistance, phage enzymes strike with blitzkrieg speed and surprise, preventing bacteria from organizing a coherent defense ... 22, 2005) Antibiotic resistance puts humans in an escalating "arms race" with bacteria, as scientists try to develop new antibiotics faster than the bacteria can evolve new resistance strategies. (Science Daily)
Mimic Molecules To Protect Against Plague Jul 8, 2008
30, 2007) New clues from immune system molecules hold hope for overcoming the threat of antibiotic resistance ... Strep throat has become harder to fight using penicillin or amoxicillin, but that's not because the Streptococci have developed a resistance to those. (Science Daily)
Braves (and Frenchy) start big week in SoCal Jul 8, 2008
When you are facing a 3rd strike get the bat off your shoulder and swing maybe you will get lucky and hit the ball which is way better than putting up no resistance except to glare at the umpire for daring to call you out. Also as reported in the AJC Shuerholz kid has become the Braves roving lower minor league fielding instructor. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
New Molecular Trigger Described for Hypertension, Diabetes Jul 2, 2008
"It ties in information that high blood pressure and insulin resistance have the same cause, damage to receptors.". The function of proteases in rats and humans is the same, so what has been seen in the laboratory rats likely occurs in people. (MEDLINEplus)
Researchers seek children for a study of antibiotics for a urinary tract disorder Jun 21, 2008
Unfortunately, the number of children developing kidney failure from VUR has not changed in that time, leading physicians to question the value of the practice and adding to concerns about increasing antibiotic resistance in the general population ... "In addition to finding out if antibiotics reduce the risk of UTIs, we also need to understand the progression of renal scarring and the development of resistance to antibiotics in these children.". (EurekAlert!)
Bacteria Anticipate Changes In Environment Jun 19, 2008
They could help scientists understand how bacteria mutate to develop resistance to antibiotics ... 24, 2006) Dirt may be a key to how bacteria that infect humans develop a resistance to antibiotic drugs. (Science Daily)
Nationwide Progress Poll Reveals Increased Efforts by Hospitals to Control MRSA Infection Jun 17, 2008
"With the increasing groundswell of hospitals supporting MRSA prevention programs, those facilities continuing to ignore the problem will be in an uncomfortable spotlight. As organisms such as MRSA develop increased antibiotic resistance, it is imperative that all of our nation's healthcare professionals, from the executive suite to the bed side, embrace the concept of prevention. Reducing these infections saves lives and improves the bottom line. We invite our nation's healthcare leaders to... (PR Newswire)
Salmonella: Trickier Than We Imagined Jun 15, 2008
They may be a reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes that can be transferred to more harmful. . (Science Daily)
Source Of Drug-tolerant Tuberculosis Possibly Behind TB Relapses, Intensity Of Treatment Jun 14, 2008
Strep throat has become harder to fight using penicillin or amoxicillin, but that's not because the Streptococci have developed a resistance to those. . (Science Daily)
Boon To Drug Discovery: Interactions Within Membrane Complexes Can Be Maintained In Vacuum Of Mass Spectrometer Jun 14, 2008
Professor Robinson adds: "I am very excited by this finding given the importance of membrane complexes in guarding the entrance and exit to cells. The type of proteins we have been studying, for example, are involved in drug resistance in cancer cells and antibiotic resistance of bacteria. "I look forward to exploiting this discovery to the full; not only in characterising the many membrane complexes for which controversy exists but also in discovering new assemblies and in investigating the... (Science Daily)
Quick Responses To Influenza Outbreaks Reduces Illness And Death Jun 11, 2008
The outbreaks the researchers studied occurred between 2001-2004, at which time amantadine was the frontline therapy for treatment and prophylaxis of influenza A. Since 2004, there has been increasing influenza resistance to amantadine and neuraminidase inhibitors have become the newest antivirals of choice ... New flu tests can diagnose the flu in as little as 30 minutes, to cut down on needless antibiotic use, which can build up resistance and make some. (Science Daily)
Protein Found To Promote Antibiotic Resistance In A Common Food-borne Pathogen Jun 9, 2008
8, 2008) Researchers from Iowa State University have identified a novel factor that promotes the development of antibiotic resistance in a bacterial pathogen. The study explains that Mfd, a protein involved in DNA transcription and repair, plays an important role in the development of fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter, a bacterial pathogen commonly associated with food poisoning in humans ... Development of antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter, especially to fluoroquinolone (a... (Science Daily)
Prescription for disaster: drugs, lies, and greed Jun 8, 2008
Parts of the book - such as a section on antibiotic resistance - seem dated, and even na ve, while others, like a section on prescription drug pollution, seem hasty and thin. But the book's strengths as an expos of a national crisis far exceed these weaknesses. (Boston Globe)
Salmonella In Garden Birds Responsive To Antibiotics Jun 8, 2008
These findings indicate that resistance to antibiotics has spread into nature, which is an alarming prospect ... They may be a reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes that can be transferred to more harmful ... New flu tests can diagnose the flu in as little as 30 minutes, to cut down on needless antibiotic use, which can build up resistance and make some. (Science Daily)
Funding for superbug spin-out Jun 7, 2008
TFDs are short pieces of DNA which inactivate the resistance genes the bacteria need to counter antibiotics. This new funding will initially allow Procarta to develop TFDs that prevent resistance to vancomycin, the so-called antibiotic of last resort ... Procarta's unique technology can breathe new life into existing drugs and prolong the commercial usefulness of antibiotics and in doing so counter growing concern over the rise of drug-resistance in bacterial infections. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Novartis buys Protez for rights to new antibiotic Jun 4, 2008
In its statement, Novartis said that more than 100,000 people were estimated to have died in the US and Europe from problems relating to antibiotic resistance ... antibiotic resistance. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Genetic Modification Food Facts Jun 3, 2008
It would be a particular concern if antibiotic resistance genes which are used to create GMOs were transferred. While researchers feel that there is a low probability for this occurrence, a recent Food and Drug Administration and World Health Organization expert panel has encouraged the use of technology in formulating GMO's without the use of antiobiotic resistance genes. (Suite101.com)
Factors That Make Bacteria More Modular Detailed Jun 3, 2008
21, 2005) Bacteria feel pressures to evolve antibiotic resistance and other new abilities in response to a changing environment, and they react by 'stealing' genetic information from other better-adapted types. (Nov. (Science Daily)
Computers: They're alive! Jun 3, 2008
Unexpectedly, the researchers found that even some scrambled DNA arrangements confer tetracycline resistance. The wrinkle, Haynes said, underscores the need for researchers working on larger pancake stacks to find a reliable calling card a distinct color change or survival of the bacteria, for instance only when the right combination has been achieved amid a host of possibilities. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Identification of immune genes and proteins involved in the response of bovine mammary tissue to Staphylococcus aureus infection Jun 2, 2008
The former species are often acquired by environmental contamination while S. aureus is particularly problematic due to its resistance to antibiotic treatments and ability to reside within mammary tissue in a chronic, subclinical state. The transcriptional responses within bovine mammary epithelial tissue subjected to intramammary challenge with S. aureus are poorly characterised, particularly at the earliest stages of infection. (BioMed Central)
LETTERS: NCT, May 30, 2008 May 31, 2008
The genes for that resistance already exist, and when the antibiotic is presented to it, those that are resistant become greater in number in succeeding generations and those that are not resistant (not all) slowly fade from the scene. Remove the antibiotic and they will revert back to the normal, pre-antibiotic state. (North County Times)
Sugar-coated Antibiotics May 31, 2008
Many antibiotics have a variety of different carbohydrate molecules attached to them which can help the antibiotic to be taken up by the target organism or overcome resistance. By manipulating the sugar, it may be possible to restore usefulness in antibiotics to which resistance has developed ... 26, 2008) Scientists have solved the structure of two proteins that allow bacteria to gain resistance to multiple types of antibiotics. (Science Daily)
Antibiotic Resistance Evolution May 28, 2008
Bacteriophage: Viruses Infecting Bacteria Contribute to Antibiotic Resistance ... Many forms of antibiotic resistance are borne on a form of bacterial viruses called plasmids ... When you take an antibiotic prescription to fight off bacterial infection, the uninfected bacteria are eliminated and bacterial strains with even the slightest resistance increase in number. (Suite101.com)
Arpida Enrols First Patients in "Intravenous-to-Oral" Switch Trial With Oral Iclaprim May 27, 2008
Dr Paul Hadvary, Head of Development of Arpida Ltd., commented: "Among the hospital anti-MRSA drugs that are currently in filing or late-stage development, only iclaprim shows oral bioavailability allowing clinical development and consequently offers the potential for intravenous-to-oral switch therapy. We consider the oral switch therapy to be an important option addressing an increasing therapeutic need. It allows patients to be sent home earlier, thereby increasing patient comfort, reducing... (PR Newswire)
Fluoroquinolone Resistance During 2000-2005: An Observational Study May 25, 2008
Unlike other fluoroquinolones, moxifloxacin is not excreted into the urinary tract at therapeutic doses and thus we hypothesized that increased use of moxifloxacin results in increased fluoroquinolone resistance among gram negative bacteria. Methods. (BioMed Central)
Common Foodborne Pathogen In Poultry Finds Resistance To Antibiotic Used By Humans May 24, 2008
When Campylobacter became resistant to enrofloxacin or sarafloxacin, it also showed cross-resistance to other fluoroquinolones (a group of antibiotics), such as in human medicine against ciprofloxacin, said Nannapaneni, now an assistant professor of food science at Mississippi State University. The results showed a variance in the levels of Campylobacter between the two stores and also the levels of resistance to ciprofloxacin, with one store having markedly lower numbers in each category ... 5,... (Science Daily)
Hospital Treatment of Resistant Microbe Inadequate May 24, 2008
Because of this resistance, MRSA infections are more difficult to treat than other Staph infections and can quickly become serious. In hospitals, infected patients are placed in isolation to prevent spread of the microbe. (MEDLINEplus)
Genetically Altered Bacteria For Data Storage May 21, 2008
21, 2005) Bacteria feel pressures to evolve antibiotic resistance and other new abilities in response to a changing environment, and they react by 'stealing' genetic information from other better-adapted types ... 20, 2007) E. coli bacteria that have developed resistance to antibiotics will probably still be around even if we stop using antibiotics, as these strains have the same good chance as other bacteria of. (Science Daily)
An Ancient Protein Balances Gene Activity And Silences Foreign DNA In Bacteria May 20, 2008
Most bacterial resistance to antibiotics is acquired through horizontal transfer, they point out. The authors of the study are Chrisopher J. Cardinale, Robert S. Washburn, Vasisht R. Tadigotta, Lewis M. Brown, Max E. Gottesman, and Evgeny Nudler. (Science Daily)
Arpida Announces FDA Acceptance of the Iclaprim New Drug Application May 16, 2008
In these studies, iclaprim showed high clinical and microbiological cure rates and was well-tolerated with a safety profile which was compatible with treatment of patients with cSSSI. About Arpida Ltd. Arpida (SWX: ARPN) is a biopharmaceutical company with research facilities in Reinach, Switzerland and in the USA. It focuses on the discovery and development of novel drugs that seek to overcome the growing problem of microbial resistance. The most advanced compounds include an antibacterial... (PR Newswire)
Drug-Resistant Superbug Genome Sequenced May 9, 2008
Superbug Genome Sequenced: Steno Has Remarkable Capacity For Drug Resistance ... Superbug Genome Sequenced: Steno Has Remarkable Capacity For Drug Resistance ... The results reveal an organism with a remarkable capacity for drug resistance. (Science Daily)
Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance May 9, 2008
Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance - healthfinder ... Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance ... "This is the latest in an ever-increasing list of antibiotic-resistant hospital superbugs. The degree of resistance it shows is very worrying," study senior author Dr. Matthew Avison, of the University of Bristol, said in a prepared statement. (Health-Finder)
More killer germs resist antibiotics May 8, 2008
These XDR-TB bacteria possess such extensive drug resistance as to be nearly untreatable with currently available drugs, Sarita Shah, a epidemiologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, reported in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal ... The antibiotic resistance problem arises because bacteria are constantly mutating, creating tiny changes in their genes ... On the Web: For information about antibiotic resistance: www. (Montana Standard, MT)
Incidence Of Group B Strep Has Decreased Among Newborns, But Has Increased Among Adults May 8, 2008
7, 2005) The problem of increasing antibiotic resistance in cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis, was dramatically reversed following the licensing and use of a ... Strep throat has become harder to fight using penicillin or amoxicillin, but that's not because the Streptococci have developed a resistance to those. (Science Daily)
Lab In A Drop: Pocket-sized PCR Rapid Test Including Sample Preparation May 8, 2008
New flu tests can diagnose the flu in as little as 30 minutes, to cut down on needless antibiotic use, which can build up resistance and make some. . (Science Daily)
Cell biology: The cellular hullabaloo May 8, 2008
In 2006, Collins's team described engineering mutations into the control region of a gene that confers antibiotic resistance to create two strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae , one with noisier expression of the gene, one with something more steady. Faced with a lethal antibiotic, the noisier strain survived better. (Nature News Service)
Surge in cases of superbug that is harder to tackle than MRSA May 8, 2008
We are seeing increasing resistance abroad to that one drug and there are no new drugs going through clinical trials ... If we understand its antibiotic resistance mechanisms, we might be able to design inhibitors that block them. (Daily Mail)
Medical research is essential to improving the economy and bettering lives May 7, 2008
A number of other factors interfere with medicines productivity, including resistance to standardization, wasteful administration related to insurance reimbursement, unnecessary expenses created in the setting of medical uncertainty or futility, failure to embrace the hospice movement for end-of-life care, for-profit commercialism, and failure to provide good quality at a lower cost. Also, because of a perceived shortage of physicians and nurses, the growing cost of labor will continue to... (EurekAlert!)
More killer germs resisting world's antibiotics May 6, 2008
These XDR-TB bacteria possess ``such extensive drug resistance as to be nearly untreatable with currently available drugs,'' Sarita Shah, a epidemiologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, reported in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal ... The antibiotic resistance problem arises because bacteria are constantly mutating, creating tiny changes in their genes ... We're making progress in understanding the genetic and biochemical basis of resistance, but we've made... (Anchorage Daily News)
Infections rise May 5, 2008
Over the decades, those strains have spread, and the germs have developed resistance to other drugs, largely in hospitals where they infect patients weakened by disease or made vulnerable through surgical wounds and catheters. Even today, MRSA poses the greatest threat in hospitals, where strains are usually genetically different and, because of antibiotic use, more difficult to kill than those circulating out in the community. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Drug resistant TB 'rising in UK' May 4, 2008
The HPA researchers found a significant increase in resistance to one particular drug, isoniazid, outside London ... He said: "The study underlines once again that TB care and control measures must be seriously implemented to cure people and prevent drug resistance. "The study also proves that no country, no matter how rich and developed, will ever achieve elimination of TB until TB is under control globally. (BBC News)
LETTERS: May 2, 2008 May 3, 2008
Id really like to know the microbiologist you talked to so I could ask him or her how microbiologists study antibiotic resistance in bacteria and viral responses to antiviral drugs. Your arguments have never been convincing, they have now become pathetic. (North County Times)
How Some Bacteria Survive Antibiotics May 3, 2008
ScienceDaily (May 2, 2008) Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered how some bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment by turning on resistance mechanisms when exposed to the drugs ... "We studied how bacteria can feel the presence of erythromycin and activate production of the resistance genes." ... "There may be other antibiotics and resistance genes in pathogenic bacteria regulated by this same mechanism. This is just the beginning.". (Science Daily)
Bison Can Thrive Again, Study Says May 2, 2008
28, 2008) The first ever study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in free-living American bison finds resistance rates, while relatively low, are still higher than expected. Currently, over 50% of antibiotic use. (Science Daily)
Court agrees Tyson chicken antibiotic claims must stop May 2, 2008
BALTIMORE - A federal appeals court refused to block an order barring Tyson Foods Inc. from advertising that its poultry products don't contain antibiotics thought to lead to drug resistance in humans ... -based Foster Farms, said his group had asked the USDA to rescind approval for labeling with the statement "Raised without antibiotics that impact antibiotic resistance in humans." ... Tyson was eventually allowed to use the claim "raised without antibiotics that impact antibiotic resistance in... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
patrick Riley May 2, 2008
Antibiotics used judiciously in animal agriculture have not caused resistance in humans, while antibiotic residues found in beef post harvest are extremely rare, said Sides. The World Trade Organization has recognized the scientific data from both the European Union and the United States that conventionally raised beef that raised using implants and antibiotics, does not pose a threat to human health. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
U.S. Hospital Incidence of C. Difficile Soars May 2, 2008
Like other bacteria, C. difficile can also acquire resistance to vancomycin, making treatment difficult or impossible. Reuters Health. (MEDLINEplus)
Aerodynamic Truck Trailer Cuts Fuel And Emissions By Up To 15 Percent Apr 23, 2008
The new aerodynamic design of the sideskirts substantially reduces the air currents alongside and under the trailer and thereby also the air resistance ... These results confirm the calculations and findings from the wind tunnel tests: these had already established that the observed 14 - 18% reduction in air resistance led to 7 - 9% less fuel consumption ... In theory, a boat tail could also mean a cut in air resistance of 30%, with a fuel reduction of 10 - 15. (Science Daily)
Scientists Deconstruct Process Of Bacterial Division: Could Lead To New Antibiotics Apr 23, 2008
(May 25, 2001) The use of antibiotics to treat severe acne can lead to the development of antibiotic resistance in the bacteria that cause the skin condition, say researchers from the Karolinska Institute in ... Now researchers have a new tool to address the growing problem of antibiotic resistance ... New flu tests can diagnose the flu in as little as 30 minutes, to cut down on needless antibiotic use, which can build up resistance and make some. (Science Daily)
