The world is still failing to develop desperately needed antibacterial treatments, despite growing awareness of the urgent threat of antibiotic resistance, according to report by the World Health Organization. WHO reveals that none of the 43 antibiotics that are currently in clinical development sufficiently address the problem of drug resistance in the world's most dangerous […]
Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden presents evidence that hospital wastewater, containing elevated levels of antibiotics, rapidly kills antibiotic-sensitive bacteria, while multi-resistant bacteria continue to grow. Hospital sewers may therefore provide conditions that promote the evolution of new forms of antibiotic resistance. It is hardly news that hospital wastewater contains antibiotics from patients. It […]
Brazilian pepper tree against increasing antibiotic resistance? There are specific Compounds in Brazilian pepper tree have been identified, which reduce the virulence of antibiotic-resistant staphylococci bacteria. So-called triterpenoid acids in the berries of the Plant block the production of toxins. In the current joint study of the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Emory […]
