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Why is there no staph vaccine?
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 25 (ANI): Staph bacteria are mostly feared for drug-resistant strains, which are becoming a serious threat to public health because they are the leading cause of potentially dangerous skin diseases. Attempts to establish a Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistan
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Self-sterilising polymer proves potent against drug-resistant pathogens
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): A recent study has found that an elastic polymer possesses broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties, allowing it to kill a range of viruses and drug-resistant bacteria in just minutes including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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Unusual parasite metabolism, a ray of hope against drug-resistant parasite
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 2 (ANI): According to a report issued by World Health Organisation, it has been found that over one billion people, including 880 million children, are infected with intestinal nematode worms, such as roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms.
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Starving fungus can help beat drug-resistant fungal infection
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 26 (ANI): Fungus that causes infection and is increasingly resistant to medicine, can be treated by starving it, researchers suggest.
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Drug-resistant fungal infections could be treated by starving fungus: Stud
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 25 (ANI): Fungal infection resistant to drugs could be treated by limiting fungus' access to its feed, critical for the organism's survival, research has found.
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Staying in hotel in tropical regions pose increased risk of contracting dr
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 15 (ANI): Staying in a hotel or private accommodation during travel to low or middle-income countries (LMICs) in tropical regions is associated with contracting drug-resistant bacteria, researchers have suggested in a recent study.
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Vitamin D helps treat lethal drug-resistant TB: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): A new study now finds that Vitamin D speeds up the clearance of tuberculosis (TB) bacteria from the lungs of people with multi-drug resistant TB.
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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
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Face masks may protect you from staph bacteria
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 14 (ANI): According to a recent study, face masks appear to provide important protection against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.
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Study links drug-resistant infections with higher mortality rates
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 17 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers measured the burden of antibiotic resistance in low- or middle-income countries, and reported that in-hospital mortality is significantly higher among patients infected with multi-drug resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-res
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Why combination of probiotics and antibiotics is good for wounds
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 18 (ANI): A combination of probiotics and antibiotics could eradicate two strains of drug-resistant bacteria that often infect wounds.
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Discovery helps fight against drug-resistant TB
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
A team of scientists has identified a naturally occurring antibiotic that may help in the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).
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