Rifabutin may be repurposed to combat antibiotic resistance: Study Hina Zahid11 Jun 2020 6:15 PM ISTRifabutin may be new weapon in the armantorium of doctors for fighting bacterial resistance, according to a new study.USC researchers have discovered...
Improved teixobactin may help fight bacterial resistance: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 Jun 2020 10:30 AM ISTIndiscriminate use of antibiotics has led to bacterial resistance and scientists are putting their best to combat this problem of bacterial...
7 days antibiotics as good as 14 days course in gram negative bacteremia: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Jun 2020 6:45 PM ISTCRP guided 7 days antibiotic treatment as good as 14 days treatment in uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia, finds a JAMA study.Gram-negative...
WHO warns of disturbing rates of antimicrobial resistance during COVID-19 pandemic MD Bureau2 Jun 2020 9:30 AM ISTGeneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the world is "losing its ability" to use...
Childhood vaccination powerful tool to prevent antimicrobial resistance Hina Zahid29 April 2020 9:00 PM ISTBerkeley --Researchers at University of California, Berkeley have found that childhood vaccination may be a powerful tool in the fight against...
New technique may increase efficiency of existing antifungal drugs Hina Zahid29 April 2020 6:52 PM ISTWith antimicrobial resistance (AMR) increasing around the world, new research led by the 4 has shown a new drug formulation could possibly be used in...
Dual therapy for 7 days effectively eradicates H. Pylori, finds study Medha Baranwal28 Jan 2020 5:45 PM ISTJapan: The 7-day vonoprazan and low-dose amoxicillin (VA) dual therapy can be used as a potential new first-line Helicobacter pylori therapy for cases...
Deaths due to Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria infections will skyrocket in 20 years: Warns WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau30 April 2019 9:30 AM ISTUN Ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimicrobial Resistance warned that if no action is taken, drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million...
UK experts collaborate with Indian Medicos to counter Surgical Infection Threat Medical Dialogues Bureau16 April 2019 10:00 AM ISTEach year, 4.2 million people die within 30 days of operation, half of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries such...
Total Shortage of 6 Lakh doctors, 20 Lakh nurses in India: Report Medical Dialogues Bureau15 April 2019 11:21 AM ISTIn India, there is one government doctor for every 10,189 people (the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a ratio of 1:1,000) or a deficit of...
New Year Resolutions: Ten health issues WHO will tackle this year Medical Dialogues Bureau15 Jan 2019 5:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: The New Year is in and it seems that the premier international Health Body has set down its resolutions for the times to come in as it...
CSE urges states to come out with action plan to address antimicrobial resistance Medical Dialogues Bureau28 Oct 2018 9:50 AM ISTNew Delhi:Â Lauding Kerala's action plan to contain antimicrobial resistance, environment think-tank CSE asked other states to follow the southern...
