Newsweek Today, Klebsiella pneumoniae, a gut bug, has become resistant worldwide to the last line of antibiotics, the carbapenems . Gonorrhoea is also resistant to the last-resort antibiotics and resistance to antibacterials for urinary tract infections – fluoro ...
The Hindu The antibiotics of last resort are the carbapenems — but the report says there is resistance to them in every region. In some countries, because of resistanc...
Newsworks.org "This bacteria has this NDM gene and what that gene does is it gives the bacteria the ability to destroy a very important group of antibiotics that we call carbapenems ," said Maduka-Ezeh. " Carbapenems , they are what we consider the 'big gun ... 更多 »
The National More recent Haad figures in the WHO report showed that a quarter of Eschericihia coli, or E.coli, cultures isolated for study were resistant to third-genera...
7thSpace Interactive (press release) Multidrug resistance and, in particular, carbapenem resistance is spreading worldwide at an alarming rate, comprehending a variety of bacterial species and causing both nosocomial and community acquired outbursts. Early and efficient detection of ...
Alberta Express Using data from 114 countries, the WHO said superbugs able to evade even the hardest-hitting antibiotics — a class of drugs called carbapenems — have now been found in all regions of the world. “The world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which ...
HealthCanal.com PITTSBURGH—A team of researchers, including Carnegie Mellon University's Yisong Guo, have revealed a key step in the biosynthesis of carbapenems , a class of antibiotics used to treat some of the most serious drug-resistant bacterial infections.
Medscape In the age of increasingly resistant organisms and the need for broad-spectrum empiric coverage, prescribers often turn to the class of carbapenem antibiotics (eg, imipenem/cilastatin, ertapenem, meropenem). The spectrum of carbapenem antibiotics ... 更多 »
