Tests of antibiotic resistance in cattle have revealed stark variation across thirteen European countries.
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The first ever study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in free-living American bison finds resistance rates, while relatively low, are still higher than expected. The researchers from Kansas State University report their findings in the March 2008 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
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Researchers at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Surrey have developed microchips capable of quickly and cheaply identifying dangerous and drug resistant bacteria in clinical samples, scientists announced today (Wednesday 5 September 2007) at the Society for General Microbiology's 161st Meeting at the University of Edinburgh, UK, which runs from 3-6 September 2007.
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With infections increasingly resistant to even the most modern antibiotics, researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) report in the September issue of Nature Reviews Microbiology on new clues they have uncovered in immune system molecules that defend against infection.
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A surprising finding by a team of University of Georgia scientists suggests that curbing the use of antibiotics on poultry farms will do little - if anything - to reduce rates of antibiotic resistant bacteria that have the potential to threaten human health.
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Penicillin and Erythromycin are examples of antibiotics that used to be one-time miracle cures. These drugs and other antibiotics are now less effective because bacteria have become more resistant. VOA's Carol Pearson has more on this growing problem.
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New tests to rapidly detect the flu are allowing doctors to cut down on the number of hospital patients who receive antibiotics, helping soften the rapidly worsening threat of antibiotic resistance, according to a study to appear in the Feb. 26 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study was posted online by the journal Jan. 22 because of the importance of the findings to public health.
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