New weapon to combat resistant bacteria
... bacteria have developed resistance to most of the antibiotics doctors have in their arsenal, and the problem is growing worse every year in Sweden as well. The name Cystapep is based on the fact that the new substance is a peptide derivative based on a larger protein called cystatin. Cystatin occurs in various...High level of antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause food poisoning
...nd people with a weakened immune system often take antibiotics to prevent the infection from spreading to the blo...pylobacter, 59% of which were sensitive to all the antibiotics tested. 19 strains (22%) were resistant to one antibiotic, 9 strains (10%) to two antibiotics, and 8...Radically new anti-rejection drug shown to offer safe control of immune system in Stanford study
... were discovered randomly; for instance, they were antibiotics that turned out to also block the proliferation of immune cells," he said. "This drug started from the knowledge of mutations that explain a human disease." On a quest for a highly selective immunosuppressive drug, researchers from Pfizer sought to l...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for November 2003 (first issue)
...rding to the authors, initial treatment with three antibiotics led to improved survival (66 percent versus 54 percent associated with one or two antibiotics), plus decreased cost ($41,483 versus $55,447). Testing with mini-brochoalveolar lavage did not improved survival but did reduce cost ($39,967 down from $4...Laser therapy offers hope for acne sufferers
...t where acne patients are going to throw out their antibiotics and line up for the laser. More work is certainly needed, both to confirm the clinical benefit and best regimen and to elucidate its mechanism."...Fighting the side effects of radiation
...ring patients' immune cell counts and prophylactic antibiotics help prevent potentially fatal side effects. The researchers measured the number of certain immune cells present in the blood of 82 brain cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. Patients whose counts fell below a certain level (200/mm3) recei...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October 2003 (second issue)
...F PULMONARY INFECTIONS IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS Inhaled antibiotics are being used by over 60 percent of U.S. patients...the technique involve direct delivery of high-dose antibiotics to an individual's bronchial space and limited systemic absorption and toxicity. These details are ...Injection savings could mean better care in ICU
... amount of time spent on administering intravenous antibiotics would allow healthcare workers to devote more time...time. For example, direct intravenous injection of antibiotics is time-consuming and requires highly qualified staff adding a cost of over 8 per dose when compare...Bone cement only controls bacteria for a few days after the operation
... research has revealed that bone cement containing antibiotics can effectively control infections around prosthes...hip and knee prostheses to the bone, has contained antibiotics and from the start, the usefulness of this has been contested. In a laboratory set-up, Hans Hendrik...Alzheimer's Association cautious about new Alzheimer treatment research with antibiotics
...iation expressed caution about new research on two antibiotics as possible treatments for Alzheimer's disease bas... way or the other about the potential of these two antibiotics as treatments for Alzheimer's disease," Thies said. "It is just too early in the process at this po...Study shows link between antibiotics and allergies, asthma
Children who receive antibiotics within their first six months of birth increase th...ind in the United States that found a link between antibiotics and allergies and asthma in children. Christine Cole Johnson, Ph.D., the study's lead author and s...Better outcome for ICU patients after removal of bacteria from digestive tract
...ter survival outcomes with the preventative use of antibiotics to remove potentially harmful bacteria from the mouth, stomach and gut. This process--known as selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD)--reduces the risk of respiratory-tract infection for ICU patients requiring mechanical ventilation. ...University of Illinois at Chicago receives $15.7 million grant to stop anthrax
...ect leader. Project five will evaluate the role of antibiotics in modulating cytokine activation and toxin triggering following macrophage infection and animal model development. Dr. James Cook, chief of infectious diseases at UIC, is project leader....HHS announces new regional centers for biodefense research
...e, tularemia, smallpox and Ebola Developing new antibiotics and other therapeutic strategies Studying bacterial and viral disease processes Designing new advanced diagnostic approaches for biodefense and for emerging diseases Conducting immunological studies of diseases caused by potential agents of bio...Children with sickle cell anemia often don't receive antibiotics to prevent deadly infections
...le cell disease often do not get the daily dose of antibiotics that they need to protect them from deadly infecti...mmended that children with sickle cell anemia take antibiotics every day for the first five years of life; so the study shows that children were at risk of develop...Intervention decreases childhood pneumonia mortality
...ealth workers can use the algorithm and administer antibiotics to those children. The authors of the nine studies formed the Pneumonia Case Management Trials Group. They met as a team to review the data collected from each individual study and to complete an analysis. They learned that under-nutrition was preva......eves other healing promoters such as slow-release antibiotics could be added to the sealant. Basic Fibroblast growth factor, a protein which stimulates the growth of new connective tissue and blood vessels, already has been tested and found to further increase the rate of wound closure in 1-year-old rats. He ...Nationwide improvement in nursing home care not likely, despite some changes
...ts with dementia who had LRI." Hospitalization and antibiotics were very common in the United States, rare in the... in the U.S. and with palliative treatment without antibiotics in the Netherlands. Partners in Caregiving (PIC) is a program designed to increase cooperation and e...Rice uses buckyballs to reinvent 'antibiotic of last resort'
...tumors, for example. "Having the ability to target antibiotics to attack specific bacterial antigens opens the door for treatments that simply aren't available today," said Wilson. "For example, we believe it's feasible to create a C60-vancomycin conjugate that attaches to anthrax while it is still in the spore ...Compound developed from mussels may lead to safer, more effective medical implants
...mplant surgery: Pills containing anticoagulants or antibiotics are given to some patients, according to the researchers. The new compound has not yet undergone animal or human testing, Messersmith says. If all goes well in future studies, the compound could be used in medical devices in 3 to 5 years, he predicts...