May 25, 2024, at 10:01 pm
Improving and expanding existing methods to prevent infections, such as hand hygiene, regular cleaning and sterilisation of equipment in healthcare facilities, availability of safe drinking water, effective sanitation and use of paediatric vaccines, could prevent over 750,000 deaths associated with AMR every year in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), estimates a new modelling analysis as part of a new four paper Series published in The Lancet.
Jun 02, 2020, at 06:24 pm
Geneva: A record number of countries are now monitoring and reporting on antibiotic resistance - marking a major step forward in the global fight against drug resistance. But the data they provide reveals that a worrying number of bacterial infections are increasingly resistant to the medicines at hand to treat them.
Antibiotic use linked to greater risk of heart attack and stroke: Study
Apr 28, 2019, at 06:24 pm
New York, Apr 28 (IBNS): Women who take antibiotics over a long period of time are at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to new Tulane University research.
Overuse of antibiotics not what the doctor ordered : Study
Jul 22, 2018, at 04:18 pm
Sydney, July 22 (IBNS): With an increased use of antibiotics worldwide linked to growing antibiotic resistance, a world-first study co-authored by a QUT researcher has highlighted the growing impact of non-prescription supply of antibiotics in community pharmacies, and the urgent need for better enforcement of laws.
Antibiotic resistance can be caused by small amounts of antibiotics: Study
Apr 24, 2018, at 10:04 pm
London, Apr 24 (IBNS): Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a global and growing problem in health care.
US antibiotic-resistant infection treatment costs doubled between 2002 and 2014
Mar 23, 2018, at 11:23 pm
New York, Mar 23 (IBNS): A new study, by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health and Saint Louis University found that antibiotic resistance added $1,383 to the cost of treating a patient with a bacterial infection in the United States in 2014.
UN health agency finds high levels of antibiotic resistance to world’s most common infections
Jan 30, 2018, at 02:03 pm
New York, Jan 30 (JEN): Antimicrobials have been a driver of unprecedented medical and societal advances, but their overuse has resulted in antibiotic resistant bacteria, with the World Health Organization (WHO) reporting new surveillance data on Monday which reveals widespread resistance to some of the world’s most common infections, including E. coli and pneumonia.
New study links antibiotic resistance to common household disinfectant triclosan
Jul 10, 2017, at 09:45 pm
London, July 10 (IBNS): Scientists from the University of Birmingham have discovered a link between a major mechanism of antibiotic resistance and resistance to the disinfectant triclosan which is commonly found in domestic products.