The Japan Times In its first global report on antibiotic resistance, which included data from 114 countries, the agency said superbugs that are able to evade even the hardest-hitting antibiotics — a class of drugs called carbapenems — have now been found in all ...
Raw Story Currently the resistant strains only respond to one class of drug called carbapenems . When strains of Klebsiella become resistant to those drugs, there will be no other treatment options. Drug-resistant strains of gonorrhea have been reported in ...
iPolitics.ca (subscription) All six WHO regions have countries which include more than 50 per cent resistance in the use of 3rd-generation cephalosporins and 3rd-generation carbapenems to treat Klebsiella pneumonia infections, while five regions have countries reporting higher ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation In its first global report on antibiotic resistance, with data from 114 countries, the WHO said superbugs able to evade event the hardest-hitting antibiotics - a class of drugs called carbapenems - has now been found in all regions of the world. Drug ...
The Standard Digital News Now physicians are forced to use a more expensive class of medicines – carbapenems – which are not available in most local hospitals. The dru...
Medscape This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with carbapenem -resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) colonization among patients screened with rectal cultures upon admission to a hospital or long-term acute care (LTAC) center and to compare risk ...
