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New drug found effective for treating complicated urinary tract infections
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A combination of the drugs cefepime and enmetazobactam was more effective in treating both complicated urinary tract infections and acute pyelonephritis (AP), a bacterial infection causing kidney inflammation, than a standard treatment combining piperacillin and tazobactam.
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Harmless group of bacteria linked to higher death rates in kidney patients
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New study indicates a harmless group of bacteria associated with higher death rates in kidney patients.
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Testing for antibiotic resistance no longer constrained by time
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Ikoma [Japan], October 21 (ANI): The process of figuring out a bacterial infection's drug susceptibility profile takes a long time. Researchers from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology and their cooperating partners have just published reports on a technology that could potentially
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Study finds enzyme that effectively breaks down molecules used by bacteri
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): Bacteria create sticky biofilms to cover and defend themselves, making them more resistant to antimicrobial medications and chemical cleaning agents. Biofilms have health and industrial consequences because they can cause fouling, corrosion, and bacterial c
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Researchers develop novel antibiotic cement to treat bone infections
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Each year, 700,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance. A growing global population, unfortunately, generates a growing resistance to established antibiotic treatments, a threat that has been met with insufficient funding and dwindling inspiration, as c
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Researchers build understanding of the virus universe using metatranscript
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): Researchers have discovered new RNA bacteriophages, viruses that attack bacteria, advancing the understanding of virus evolution.
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Study finds microbes that cause cavities can form superorganisms
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 7 (ANI): A cross-kingdom partnership between bacteria and fungi can result in the two joining to form a "superorganism" with unusual strength and resilience.
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What causes ecosystems to become unstable?
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Massachusetts [US], October 7 (ANI): It might be difficult to sort through all the variables that affect how complex ecological groups behave. The number of species present in the community and how strongly they interact with one another have been found to be the only two factors that can ac
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How dormant bacteria calculate their return to life: The thinking undead
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
San Diego [US], October 7 (ANI): Some bacteria go into a dormant state where their life functions cease when exposed to hunger and stressful conditions. These cells, known as spores, can resist punishing extremes of heat, pressure, and even the harsh conditions of space by entering a profoun
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Immunologic defect may leave some vulnerable to rare bacterial infection:
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): The bacterium that causes tuberculosis has a cousin you've never heard of: MAC. This bacterial complex is everywhere, but most people never show symptoms. Yet some people get very, very sick. Researchers have now uncovered an immunologic defect that could ex
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Some people may be susceptible to uncommon bacterial illness because of im
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], October 4 (ANI): Everybody occasionally breathes in Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria, yet the majority of individuals don't become ill. These dangerous Mycobacterium tuberculosis cousins usually spend their brief, innocuous lives in food, soil, water, or dust.
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Gut bacteria may contribute to HIV infection susceptibility: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], October 3 (ANI): Certain gut bacteria, including one required for a healthy gut microbiome, differ between people who develop HIV infection and those who do not, according to new UCLA-led research.
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