Sentences with phrase «of effective antibiotic»

It can occur so suddenly that there is little chance of effective antibiotic therapy.

Dantas expressed concern over the dwindling numbers of effective antibiotics and the fact that few new drugs are in development.

Not exact matches

«While there are many reports of failed contraception while taking antibiotics, Rifampin is really the only one antibiotic that has been shown to increase activity of these liver enzymes, thereby making this method of contraception less effective,» she says.

Particularly striking is the mortality trend line for tuberculosis, which falls precipitously from 1838 onward — decades before the bacterium responsible for the disease was identified (1882), and long before the advent of the first effective antibiotic therapy, streptomycin.

Antibiotics, while effective at fighting off bad bacteria have the unwanted side effect of killing off good bacteria in the process.

Some studies have shown that the treatment of GBS using Chlorhexidine is safe, cheap, and as effective as antibiotics, without negative side - effects.

A 10 - to 14 - day course of antibiotics is generally the most effective form of treatment for this type of infection, and most women feel relief within 48 to 72 hours.

Tetracycline, the antibiotic of choice for most adults with cholera, has so far been effective against V. cholerae O139.

Dawn Howard concludes: «The UK animal medicines sector looks forward to its role in implementing the Report's recommendations by being part of the collaboration between UK government and industry, to develop practical proposals so that antibiotics remain effective to protect the health of people and animals into the future.»

Today's publication of «Tackling Drug Resistant Infections Globally: Final Report and Recommendations», by Lord Jim O'Neill, is a global landmark in the fight to keep antibiotics effective for both animals and people, says NOAH, which represents the UK animal medicines sector.

«Her results suggest that, for certain types of infections, formulation of an antibiotic that creates an alkaline environment at the source of infection could be effective,» says associate professor Bryan Davies with the university's Center for Infectious Disease, who was not involved with the study.

As a result, Soviet pharmaceutical companies churned out billions of units of questionable drugs that were only partially effective at normal dosages, weakening bacteria but not killing them outright — an environment perfect for spurring antibiotic resistance.

But the mounting burden of diseases means that newer and more effective medications must be developed; for example, bacterial resistance is growing globally, pushing our need for novel antibiotics.

«It is clear that antibiotics are not an effective treatment for these infections once established in the lung, so something else needs to be developed urgently, and targeting the infection at the site of entry before chronic infection develops is one way forward.»

In more than 70 percent of the mice, the antibiotics proved effective in killing the bacteria.

To identify approaches that might be more effective, Waldetoft and Brown reviewed previous studies of antibiotics use.

The research, reported in the journal Royal Society Interface, found that combinations of three different antibiotics can often overcome bacteria's resistance to antibiotics, even when none of the three antibiotics on their own — or even two of the three together — is effective.

And of course, for many, many years there was a period — many listeners may remember — there was a, now it seems an sort of an astonishingly naïve period, I believe in the 1970 for a while, when antibiotics were so effective and the level of this sort of transmissible disease was falling down so low that some people were really thinking that we had, kind of, beaten these kinds of infectious diseases.

Since the cell wall is the target of most antibiotics, understanding how bacteria grow their cell walls may provide insight into more effective medicines.

Discovery of a new antibiotic After screening only a handful of soil bacteria, Mitchell's group discovered a novel product, cyclothiazomycin C (CC), an antibiotic that is effective against gram - positive bacteria like Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and Staphylococcus aureus (Staph / MRSA).

The researchers combined techniques from biology and mathematics to determine which groups of antibiotics would be most effective.

The researchers plan to make available open - access software that would let other scientists and clinicians decide which combinations of antibiotics will be most effective.

In 2016, they reported that combinations of three different antibiotics can often overcome bacteria's resistance to antibiotics, even when none of the three antibiotics on its own — or even two of the three together — is effective.

The antibiotic, first identified by Nosopharm, is unique and promising on two fronts: its unconventional source and its distinct way of killing bacteria, both of which suggest the compound may be effective at treating drug - resistant or hard - to - treat bacterial infections.

The researchers also will study whether a PPMO could be effective against other extremely antibiotic - resistant strains of bacteria, he said.

The researchers also found that approximately 38 percent of patients with bloodstream infections received inappropriate empiric antimicrobial therapy, or were not initially prescribed an antibiotic that was effective against the infection while the cause of infection was still unknown.

In a randomized, controlled clinical trial — the first of its kind — a multi-institution research team reports that daptomycin, part of a new class of antibiotics currently approved only for use in adults, is effective and well - tolerated in children.

«Different antibiotics might be more effective not just because of the effect on the pathogen but also because of the effect on the [body's natural bacteria].»

«Given what we know now, I don't think it's overstating the case to say that for certain types of infections, we may be looking at the start of the post-antibiotic era, a time when most of the antibiotics we rely on to treat bacterial infections are no longer effective.»

The threat of antibiotic resistance is nothing to scoff at: The World Health Organization predicts (pdf) that some diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis, and pneumonia, could have «no effective therapies within the next 10 years.»

However, due to the excess use of antibiotics in conventional treatments, overtime antibiotics have become less effective.

We know that bacteria are impediments to healing in patients, and that antibiotics aren't always effective, especially with the rise of antibiotic - resistant bacteria.

In another study, the same researchers who discovered the uptake of antibiotics by plants tested four of these drugs to determine how effective composting would be in reducing harmful chemicals in turkey manure.

Microbiologist Rose Cooper at the University of Wales has found honey to be 10 times more effective than a sugar solution at killing antibiotic - resistantStaphylococcus aureas, a wound - infecting bacterium common in hospitals, perhaps because honey contains plant chemicals that inhibit microbial growth.

Prof. Raymond Kaempfer, the Dr. Philip M. Marcus Professor of Molecular Biology and Cancer Research at the Institute for Medical Research Israel - Canada (IMRIC), in the Hebrew University's Faculty of Medicine, explains: «Rather than targeting the bacterial pathogens, which can then mutate to develop antibiotic resistance, host - oriented therapeutics have the advantage of remaining effective even against infections with antibiotic - resistant strains.

In order to ensure that future antibiotics retain their effectiveness for as long as possible, it is essential that effective surveillance mechanisms are combined with the use of genome sequencing to scan for the emergence and spread of resistance.»

The method is so effective in so many kinds of plants that «all previous technology uses antibiotic resistance genes,» says Michael Syvanen, a microbiologist at the University of California, Davis.

«We hope our research will lead to more effective antibiotics, and also that it will inspire other researchers to use carbon nanodots as scaffolding for a variety of applications,» said Dr. Ngu - Schwemlein.

The reduced bacteria levels were similar to those found in mice treated by a different antibiotic known to be effective against that strain of TB.

Wilson is convinced that a thorough understanding of such antibiotic - sensing mechanisms will stimulate the development of more effective antibiotics in the future.

With drug - resistant strains running rampant, a few hospitals have limited use of certain antibiotics for months at a time — on the assumption that hardier drug - sensitive strains would outcompete the resistant bugs and allow the drugs to be effective once again.

Over the study period, the prescription of antibiotics in instances where they would not be effective rose to 52.7 percent among those who did not post a commitment poster.

«Once clinicians are updated regularly on what bugs are causing VAP and HAP in their hospitals as well as their sensitivities to specific antibiotics, they can choose the most effective treatment,» said Dr. Andre C. Kalil, MD, MPH, lead author of the guidelines, professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and director of the Transplant Infectious Diseases Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

Physicians heavily use the many versions of beta - lactam antibiotics to fight bacterial infections, and many have been retired because they're no longer effective against the defenses bacteria have evolved in response.

Experimental evidence confirms what surveys have long suggested: Physicians are more likely to prescribe antibiotics when they believe there is a high expectation of it from their patients, even if they think the probability of bacterial infection is low and antibiotics would not be effective, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association.

We're trying to learn how to design the antibiotic treatment protocols in such a way that they will be effective but won't promote the spread of antibiotic resistance.»

A gene that allows bacteria to resist one of our last effective antibiotics has been found in Denmark and China, prompting a worldwide search

«An effective vaccine against uterine diseases will have a significant positive impact on the dairy industry, limiting the use of antibiotics, and decreasing economic losses due to these disorders.

The antibiotic, Doxycycline, followed by doses of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), were surprisingly effective in killing the cancer stem cells under laboratory conditions, according to the research published in the journal Oncotarget.

The microcapsule treatment was effective against four different types of bacteria, including one antibiotic - resistant strain.