When used properly, in the correct contexts and with responsibility, antibiotics can and do save lives that are
threatened by bacterial infections.
Not exact matches
Life -
threatening liver inflammation can be caused
by excess alcohol, fatty foods, toxins, as well as viral,
bacterial, and parasite
infections.
Sepsis is a life -
threatening response
by the body's inflammatory system that can result from severe
bacterial infections.
Antibiotics are important for treating serious
bacterial infections, but their effectiveness is
threatened by antibacterial resistance.
«The groundbreaking finding of our study is that we might be now able to treat a life -
threatening bacterial infection without antibiotics, simply
by strengthening the immune response,» says Prof. Dr. Percy Knolle of TU Munich.
The pharmaceutical companies then need to keep coming up with new ways to fight life -
threatening infections caused
by these resistant
bacterial populations.