The crucial drugs can have unintended consequences. Innovative therapies could shield the microbiome from their effects.

William Hewes’s family say staff at Homerton University Hospital failed to ensure the medicine was administered within an ...

The development of antibiotics was a breakthrough in medicine. But while they can save lives, they have a dark side. Microbes resistant to the drugs were responsible for more than one million deaths ...

Hospital medical staff failed to swiftly administer antibiotics to the son of one of the hospital's senior doctors - who was ...

or antibiotic history) or antibiotic-specific factors (e.g., maximum length of therapy and combination therapy). For instance, linezolid use may be limited to patients with methicillin-resistant ...

In lab experiments, a protein found in the Sydney rock oyster made some antibiotics more effective and killed several types of illness-causing bacteria Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent The world is ...

Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of antibiotics, a type of drug - such as penicillin or ciprofloxacin - that kills or stops the growth of bacteria. When bacteria ...

Thousands of treated patients support the potential of phage therapy, but limited knowledge of this technique and its regulatory complexity hinder its expansion ...

Shorter, smarter, safer: Short-course antibiotics can revolutionize healthcare Date: January 21, 2025 Source: National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Summary: Antibiotic ...