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Bacteria Resistant
Bacteria Resistant: is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication that once could successfully treat the microbe. The term antibiotic resistance is a subset of AMR, as it applies only to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
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FEB 02, 2017Microbiology
Scientists at the University of Exeter have found that antibiotics can stimulate the growth of bacteria. When Escherichi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2017Microbiology
A study published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases has demonstrated that a diarrhea outbreak caused by the Clos ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2017Microbiology
Clostridium difficile often infects hospitalized patients who have undergone antibiotic therapy. These bacteria infect t ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 26, 2017Microbiology
Being sick always seems to impact appetite, even inspiring the old adage to “feed a cold and starve a fever.&rdquo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2017Videos
Lots of people carry on their person some kind of miniature bottle of hand sanitizer, while others use it from public ba ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 23, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Higher Mutation Rates Found in Stressed E. coliWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 20, 2017Microbiology
Researchers got encouraging results from a tuberculosis vaccine they created with a clever idea. They used natural spher ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors and health experts have been warning the public about the rise of drug-resistant superbugs for the last year or ...JAN 17, 2017Immunology
Both natural and artificial bestowal of long-term immunity comes with risks. The same pathogen or vaccine that is confer ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2017Microbiology
It is not only the scientific community, but also world institutions like the United Nations, that are becoming more con ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2017Microbiology
The antibacterial properties of heavy metals have been appreciated for some time, but how the heck do they work? This so ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 04, 2017Microbiology
Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection, often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. These infections are dif ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 03, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Novel Pathway Found for Antibiotic Resistance in Immunocompromised PatientsWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 02, 2017Microbiology
In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers demonstrated that an herbal remedy used for centuries in Ch ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2016Microbiology
If you’re a bacterium, you don’t need to be resistant to antibiotics to survive them. You just have to make ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have spearheaded an effort to apply geneti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria are becoming a serious public health concern. In the video below, the director ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Six new patients in Colorado were diagnosed with infection of a superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea ...DEC 14, 2016Microbiology
Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite that causes intestinal illness in people and animals. For the immunocompr ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 10, 2016Microbiology
Biofilms are the product of bacteria that grow on a surface and usually secrete a matrix. When that kind of microbial co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2016Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2016Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2016Videos
Every season, the Bath and Body Works giant shills out new scents of their famous antibacterial soaps - guaranteed to "k ...NOV 30, 2016Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of ...Written By: Kerry Evans
FEB 02, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists at the University of Exeter have found that antibiotics can stimulate the growth of bacteria. When Escherichi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2017
Microbiology
A study published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases has demonstrated that a diarrhea outbreak caused by the Clos
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2017
Microbiology
Clostridium difficile often infects hospitalized patients who have undergone antibiotic therapy. These bacteria infect t
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 26, 2017
Microbiology
Being sick always seems to impact appetite, even inspiring the old adage to “feed a cold and starve a fever.&rdquo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2017
Videos
Lots of people carry on their person some kind of miniature bottle of hand sanitizer, while others use it from public ba
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 23, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Higher Mutation Rates Found in Stressed E. coli
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers got encouraging results from a tuberculosis vaccine they created with a clever idea. They used natural spher
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors and health experts have been warning the public about the rise of drug-resistant superbugs for the last year or
...
JAN 17, 2017
Immunology
Both natural and artificial bestowal of long-term immunity comes with risks. The same pathogen or vaccine that is confer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2017
Microbiology
It is not only the scientific community, but also world institutions like the United Nations, that are becoming more con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2017
Microbiology
The antibacterial properties of heavy metals have been appreciated for some time, but how the heck do they work? This so
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 04, 2017
Microbiology
Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection, often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. These infections are dif
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 03, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Novel Pathway Found for Antibiotic Resistance in Immunocompromised Patients
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 02, 2017
Microbiology
In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers demonstrated that an herbal remedy used for centuries in Ch
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2016
Microbiology
If you’re a bacterium, you don’t need to be resistant to antibiotics to survive them. You just have to make
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have spearheaded an effort to apply geneti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria are becoming a serious public health concern. In the video below, the director
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Six new patients in Colorado were diagnosed with infection of a superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea
...
DEC 14, 2016
Microbiology
Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite that causes intestinal illness in people and animals. For the immunocompr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 10, 2016
Microbiology
Biofilms are the product of bacteria that grow on a surface and usually secrete a matrix. When that kind of microbial co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2016
Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2016
Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2016
Videos
Every season, the Bath and Body Works giant shills out new scents of their famous antibacterial soaps - guaranteed to "k
...
NOV 30, 2016
Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans