Chemists take new approach to fighting resistance
...gned two new drugs to fight the growing problem of antibiotic resistance: an antibiotic that "self-destructs" after exposure to light and another that "self-regenerates" after encountering...New approach to antibiotic resistance
... have a new tool to address the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. The achievement is reported in the May...s problem, the researchers found a way to bind the antibiotic to the bacteria's protein-making machinery (called ribonucleic acid, or RNA). This prevents the form...War on bacteria could leave drug-resistant strains unchecked
...thing we touch with antibacterial soaps and taking antibiotic medications at the first sign of a cold can upset ...ter focuses on finding solutions to the problem of antibiotic resistance. Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, and the third leading caus...Harvard researcher receives national award
Seeks successor to Vancomycin, the antibiotic of last resort Washington D.C>, August 15 ...rly interested in vancomycin, currently medicine's antibiotic of last resort. They were the first to synthesize the bacterium-derived antibiotic in the laboratory...... for septic shock consists of prompt initiation of antibiotic therapy and in addition, any rapid fall in blood pressure is addressed by the administration of fluids intravenously and of catecholamines such as dopamine and norepinephrine in an attempt to prevent the fall in blood pressure thus augmenting blood f...Connecticut researchers receive national award
Develop unusually powerful oral antibiotic Two Connecticut chemists and their Croatian coll...ist at Pfizer Inc.s central research division. The antibiotic kills a broad spectrum of microbes -- from haemophilus and respiratory infections to chlamydia, whic...Jefferson scientists hope to perfect gene therapy without viruses
...m as a gene delivery vehicle, inserting a gene for antibiotic resistance into a segment of DNA. "This is the first time it [gene therapy] was done this way," says Dr. Wickstrom, who is also a member of Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center. "The transposon inserted in exactly the right place and expressed its produc...Process may help scientists find new antibacterial drugs
The hunt for new antibiotic drugs, driven by emerging diseases and growing bacterial resistance to existing antibiotics, may get a little easier thanks to a new process for making compounds that contain a key bacteria-stopping structure. The process, developed by a group of res......se study shows promise for effective, short-course antibiotic therapy New York, September 14, 2000 - Pfizer I... at 32 days (p=1.000). Zithromax® is an oral antibiotic approved for use in children and adults; it achieves high and sustained levels in infected tissues m...Day care centers incubate and spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria
...y in Beer-Sheva, Israel, and colleagues found that antibiotic treatment rapidly induced resistant-antibiotic tra...espiratory infections that leads to a high rate of antibiotic use, he said. In addition, they also bring together infants and toddlers whose hygiene standards are...Silver-coated catheters cut infections & may save money, analysis finds
...may decrease the chance that bacteria will develop antibiotic resistance." Catheters are a common feature of hospital care, used by about four million hospital patients a year some time during their stay. Inserted into the urethra, they collect urine from patients who can't use a bathroom or need to have thei...European commission grants "orphan" status for new acute myeloid leukaemia treatment
...umanised antibody linked with a potent anti-tumour antibiotic called calicheamicin, isolated by Wyeth-Ayerst researchers from a bacterium in caliche clay, a soil found in Texas, USA. The antibody portion of Mylotarg binds specifically to the CD33 antigen, a glycoprotein commonly expressed by myeloid leukaemia...GPs prescribe significant numbers of "off label" drugs to children
...ample, that the same dose of a commonly prescribed antibiotic should be given to a newborn and a 10 year old. Licensing, say the authors, is unable to keep abreast of current practice and there is no system to monitor and coordinate the information. Furthermore, there is little incentive for the pharmaceutical......eus blood infections, might be able to combat both antibiotic resistant as well as antibiotic sensitive strains of the bacteria. The new laboratory findings were presented today at the Centers ...Penn researchers identify new cost-effective antibiotic treatment which shortens patient stays
...chers and their colleagues have concluded that the antibiotic linezolid has the potential to provide hospitals c...tibiotics. One group of patients received the new antibiotic linezolid (trade name ZYVOX), available in intravenous (IV) and tablet forms, and another received t...Researchers build on discovery of potent potential antibiotic
...in bacteria. They have also demonstrated that the antibiotic compound they are studying effectively inhibits en... Furthermore, it is not affected by the potential antibiotic PD 404182. "Before the current study, the presence of any metal-requiring KDO 8-P synthase was unk...Most children with acute sinusitis recover without antibiotics
...sinus disease get better within three weekswithout antibiotic therapy," says Jane Garbutt, M.B., Ch.B., instruct...mplicated acute sinusitis, it makes sense to delay antibiotic treatment and watch carefully." Garbutt emphasized that it still is important for children to vi...Novel antibiotic provides rapid relief from symptoms of tonsillitis/pharyngitis, study shows
...apid symptom relief achieved with Ketek, the first antibiotic from the ketolide family to be developed for clinical use, may suggest a potential for a faster return to usual activities, and fewer days lost from work or school, for people with tonsillitis/pharyngitis resulting from group A b-haemoliytic streptoc...... In addition, Abbott also markets a cephalosporin antibiotic and recently signed a global licensing agreement with Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., of Osaka, Japan, to develop and market two investigational anti-infective compounds. Abbott's commitment continues today with extensive research to discover and......o help combat the growing global health problem of antibiotic resistance. Roughly two-thirds of all antibiotics kill bacteria by acting on ribosome. They penetrate bacteria and interfere with protein synthesis. Researchers only recently have begun to understand how these antibiotics work. Alexander Mankin, asso...