Nil by mouth: oral ingestion blamed for rapid rise of antibiotic resistance
A new study into antibiotic resistance in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy points the finger of blame squarely at…
Superbugs thriving in wastewater treatment plants
In the first study of its kind, University of Michigan researchers have established that wastewater treatment plants are providing a…
High Levels Of Antibiotic Resistance In Arctic Birds
The journal Emerging Infectious Diseases reports the worrying discovery that birds captured in the Arctic tundra are carrying antibiotic-resistant bacteria.…
Prevalence Of Antibiotic Resistance Surprises
It’s widely accepted in the medical community that a high level of antibiotic use is related to antibiotic resistance, but…
Halting Evolution To Fight Illness
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and the University of Wisconsin, writing in the journalPloS Biology, describe how E. coli…