Superbug: Increased risk of infection for families of hospitalized patients
Family members of patients recently discharged from hospital may be at higher risk of developing antibiotic-resistant infections. THE ESSENTIAL Family ...
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Your pet can pass on antibiotic-resistant bacteria to you
According to a new study, dogs and cats can pass on multidrug-resistant “superbugs” to their owners...and vice versa! THE ESSENTIAL ...
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A hydrogel against multi-resistant bacteria
A new treatment to treat wounds, in the form of a hydrogel, would be able to kill bacteria resistant to ...
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Why antibiotics need to reinvent themselves
They have saved millions of lives since the discovery of penicillin. But excessive use of antibiotics has multiplied the cases ...
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Superbugs: WHO warns of lack of effective antibiotics
Humanity is running out of antibiotics against resistant bacteria, which could lead to millions of deaths each year, according to ...
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Super bacteria: a “Trojan horse” to destroy them from the inside
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have managed to kill bacteria that have developed drug resistance by hijacking the system ...
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Superbugs: the new antibiotics underused by American doctors
American doctors would be less inclined to prescribe new antibiotics against superbugs even though they are more effective. Only a ...
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Antibiotic resistance: the human body would promote mutations of bacteria
Is the human body a privileged place allowing microbes to develop, in particular, resistance to antibiotic treatments? This is suggested ...
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Superbugs: more than 30,000 deaths in Europe due to “short-termist” health policies
The refrain comes up every year: resistance to antibiotics is increasing everywhere and soon we will no longer be able ...
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A patient infected with a superbug placed in isolation
The Châlon hospital must manage a state of crisis. He is confronted with a superbug. The patient carrying the NDM-1 ...
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Antibiotic-resistant superbug has migrated out of hospital
© iStockPhotosSix people aged 20 to 85 living in Colorado (USA) were recently infected with resistant "superbug" to the most ...
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How dangerous is the superbug?
NDM-1 and antibiotic resistance The medical world has sounded the alarm about a superbug that cannot be controlled. But what ...
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