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 ...
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 »
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 ...
Hamilton Spectator For a common intestinal bacteria, a major cause of hospital-acquired infections, the treatment of last resort has been a class of antibiotics known as...
GenomeWeb These bacteria are resistant to nearly all antibiotics such as carbapenems , a broad spectrum class of antibiotics considered to be the last resort for serious gram-negative bacterial infections, the company said. Unlike current microbe detection ...
PR Newswire (press release) Although piperacillin-tazobactam remains the preferred choice for empiric treatment for most Gram-negative infections (GNIs), a high percentage of respondents prefer using carbapenems in empiric therapy, suggesting that these agents, typically reserved ... 更多 »
