Sentences with phrase «resistant tuberculosis infections»

The project that is farthest along involves the discovery of small molecules for use in combination with drugs of last resort for extensively drug - resistant tuberculosis infections.

Not exact matches

They found that 43.7 % of the study participants were infected with a tuberculosis strain that was resistant to at least one second - line drug, and 6.7 % of the infections proved to be XDR tuberculosis.

Even if we prevent new drug - resistant infections, there are enough current cases to keep the epidemic going, and drug - resistant tuberculosis will continue to be an increasingly dangerous threat so long as resistant strains spread through the air from one person to another,» says Dr Sharma.

This extensively drug - resistant (XDR) tuberculosis heralds a disturbing trend towards infections that are virtually untreatable.

Anti-microbial resistance is a growing threat, with 700,000 people around the world each year dying due to drug - resistant infections including tuberculosis, HIV and malaria.

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.

More than one - third of the world's population is susceptible to active tuberculosis, so it is unfortunate that Sutherlandia, which traditionally is taken to prevent or treat infections, can actually cause them to develop the disease, and perhaps also cause the microbe to become a drug - resistant «super bug.»»

· Changing nature of disease means that infections with drug - resistant tuberculosis will be increasingly caused by person - to - person infection, rather than non-resistant strains acquiring resistance.

TB kills more people than any other infectious disease, and the causative bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics used to treat the infection.

More and more people are getting resistant to drugs that treat infections like tuberculosis.