Genetic Engineering News The funds will be used to conduct a global Phase III study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of plazomicin for patients with gram-negative bacterial infections caused by carbapenem -resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). The study is scheduled to begin ...
The Republic In particular, they looked at resistance to a class of high-end drugs called carbapenems , last-resort drugs with a structure that makes them difficult for...
Vaccine News Daily In 2008, the CDC estimated the resistance for acinetobacter to carbapenems to be 11 percent, the resistance among E. coli to third generation cephalosporins to be five percent and the resistance of klebsiella to third generation cephalosporins to be 15 ... 更多 »
Wired I thought I was done for the time being with “nightmare bacteria” (the US CDC's characterization of disease organisms resistant to the last-ditch antibiotics called carbapenems ), but there are two stories today that deserve to be called out as examples ...
Science Daily (press release) The resistance for acinetobacter (A. baumannii) to carbapenems is more than 50%. The CDC found it to be 11%. Carbapenems are among the last available antibiotics. If they don't work, only one or two other drugs are left to battle these infections ... 更多 »
Business Standard Another report by the Washington-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy found that the retail sale of carbapenems in India a powerful group of antibiotics meant to be used as a last resort went up from 0.21 units per million in 2005 to ... 更多 »
ScienceAlert Image: Jezper/Shutterstock. International health officials recently warned of a “catastrophic threat” to human health, given one of the last remaining antibiotics capable of defeating superbugs – carbapenem antibiotics – is succumbing to the deadly ... 更多 »
