DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA

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• Drug-resistant bacteria thriving at hospitals: Doctors

  Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria develop the ability to defeat or make ineffective the drugs developed to kill them. Experts say the danger of hospital-acquired infections is high with at least one-third of patients in ICUs suffering from a pan-drug-resistant bacteria in most tertiary care setups. The risk is even higher when patients stay longer than seven days, when barrier nursing care which ensures precautions are taken to prevent spread of infections is not followed.

  

• Study shows superbugs in the environment rarely transfer over to humans

  These bacteria are now highly resistant to antibiotics, with some strains even resistant to carbapenems, one of the so-called "last resort" class of antibiotics which is only used when no other antibiotic treatment works.

  

• Researchers find hydroquinine in trees has potential to kill drug-resistant bacteria

  Drug-resistant bacteria occur in more than 2.8 million infections and are responsible for 35,000 deaths per year

  

• Study reveals new molecule that inhibits drug-resistant bacteria

  The new molecule reduced the amount of drug-resistant bacteria in mice with pneumonia or urinary tract infections to pre-infection levels or below, performing as well as or better than existing antibiotics at similar doses. The researchers say the results show that fabimycin could one day be an effective treatment for stubborn infections.

  

• Novel antibiotic may help fight superbugs'

  The breakthrough is another major step towards developing a commercially viable drug version based on teixobactin - a natural antibiotic discovered by US scientists in soil samples in 2015 which has been heralded as a "gamechanger" in the battle against antibiotic resistant pathogens such as MRSA and VRE.

  

• Predatory bacteria may wipe out 'superbugs': study

  Shigella infection is responsible for over 160 million illnesses and over one million deaths every year - and is a common cause of travellers' diarrhoea.