Sentences with phrase «lung infections resistant»
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Four years ago, Strisower's daughter Jessica almost died of a bacterial lung infection that was resistant to antibiotics.
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The bacteria, Burkholderia cenocepacia, are highly antibiotic resistant and cause severe lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis.
Over time, bacteria in the lungs can become resistant to antibiotics making it increasingly difficult to treat lung infections and leading to irreversible damage to the lungs.
«Infections with progressively resistant bacteria in the lung shorten the lives of people with cystic fibrosis,» said Joseph M. Pilewski, M.D., co-director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center at UPMC.
Mice infected with a resistant strain of tuberculosis that were treated with both SMARt - 420 and ethionamide also showed a significantly reduced bacterial load in their lungs three weeks after infection compared to controls, the authors report.
New research is paving the way for the development of innovative drugs that restore antibiotic susceptibility in antibiotic - resistant superbugs such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, a main cause of fatal lung and bloodstream infections worldwide.
Because antibiotic - resistant bacteria like MRSA can be so difficult to treat, it can easily progress from a superficial skin infection to a life - threatening infection in your bones, joints, bloodstream, heart valves, lungs, or surgical wounds.