Treatment guidelines for children hospitalized for severe malnutrition include routine administration of antibiotics; however, there is no consensus as to whether antibiotics are indeed helpful in ...

The survival of antibiotic-resistance genes through the sewage treatment process and in the aquatic environment merits further study. Antibiotic Resistance in Marine Microbial Communities ...

A Cornell University-led collaboration has uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide ...

Using Swedish national registry data from more than 35,000 bowel cancer patients, Ph.D. student Sai San Moon Lu found that use of prescription antibiotics was linked to a higher risk of right ...

Blocking the production of hydroxyl radicals by treatment with an iron chelator, or quenching hydroxyl radicals with thiourea, increased the survival of antibiotic-treated bacteria. Further ...

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DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another – are key to bacterial evolution and the development of ...

Patients who took the antibiotic ciprofloxacin before dental implant surgery may experience a lower implant survival time, according to a study published on February 6 in the International Dental ...

These antimicrobial peptides are considered vital components of the body’s first line of defense as they attack and kill bacteria.