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 »
7thSpace Interactive (press release) NDM is an enzyme which can inactivate carbapenems and other beta-lactams such as penicillins. Bacteria harbouring this NDM gene are commonly resistant to multiple antimicrobials, limiting therapeutic options and rendering severe clinical infections ... 更多 »
TIME In some countries, more than half of people infected with K. pneumonia bacteria won't respond to carbapenems . A similar percentage of patients with E. coli infections won't be helped by taking fluoroquinolone antibiotics. The growth of drug-resistant ... 更多 »
Nature.com Most of the antibiotics in use today, from penicillin to carbapenems , originated in soil. Long before they were used as medicines, soil microbes were producing antibiotics, and bacteria were evolving resistance to these natural compounds. This has been ...
StreetWise Tech Patients who are infected with either presumed or confirmed pathogen that exhibit MIC of 4 μg/mL or greater against the broadest spectrum carbapenems will be enrolled and randomized in a one-to-one fashion to either the plazomicin- or colistin-based ...
