News tagged with broad spectrum antibiotics

New antibiotic could make food safer and cows healthier

Food-borne diseases might soon have another warrior to contend with, thanks to a new molecule discovered by chemists at the University of Illinois. The new antibiotic, an analog of the widely used food preservative ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Herbal remedies offer hope as the new antibiotics

Cancer treatments often have the side effect of impairing the patient's immune system. This can result in life-threatening secondary infections from bacteria and fungi, especially since bacteria, like Staphylococcus aureus, are be ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Study hints at probiotics as treatment for Clostridium difficile

Asymptomatic colonization by Clostridium difficile, absent the use of antibiotics, is common in infants and when it happens changes occur in the composition of the gut microbiota according to research published in the March ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

C. difficile increases risk of death 6-fold in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Patients admitted to hospital with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) face a sixfold greater risk of death if they become infected with Clostridium difficile, a new study has found. The researchers say IBD patients should be scr ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Overall antibiotic prescription rates for respiratory tract infections decreasing

From 1995 to 2006 the rate of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections decreased significantly, attributable in part to a decline in ambulatory visits for ear infections in young children, according ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0