Antimicrobial Resistance Related News
Surfers at greater risk of having antibiotic-resistant bacteria
New research conducted by the University of Exeter, UK, has uncovered that regular surfers are three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant E. coli...
Alternative therapies could reduce antibiotic resistance
US researchers have said that new treatments for mild infections could help slow the mutation of severe bacterial infections with less antibiotic resistance.
In a...
Antibiotic resistance: ‘Sleeping’ bacteria identified
‘Sleeper cells’, which can survive doses of antibiotics and lie resting in a dormant state, may hold a key to understanding antibiotic resistance, research...
The evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance: A call for more holistic analyses
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria already existed in the environment before antibiotics were used in human medicine.1 Besides promoting the development of new resistance traits, the way...