Antibiotics

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials (drugs used to treat infections).

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Review of Over 120 Trials Challenges The Advice to Always Finish Antibiotics

Always finish your antibiotics? Longer is better? Outdated ideas about antibiotics are common, study finds - EurekAlert!

Immune 'reprogramming' could protect poultry from deadly diseases without antibiotics, study finds - EurekAlert!

Beyond antibiotics: postoperative endophthalmitis rate fell by 64.4% after surgical safety culture intervention - EurekAlert!

Thinking beyond antibiotics in the treatment of urinary tract infections - EurekAlert!

How bacteria sacrifice themselves to render antibiotics ineffective - EurekAlert!

Scientists catch bacteria sharing proteins to survive antibiotics

Teamwork: An unexpected strategy bacteria use to survive antibiotics - EurekAlert!

Shiga-producing E. coli infections becoming more resistant to antibiotics, study finds - EurekAlert!

Antibiotics drive resistance in waterways - even after they break down - EurekAlert!

Protection for newborns: New treatment aims to prevent meningitis without antibiotics - EurekAlert!

Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics, Study Warns

Why antibiotics fail against a common dental implant disease - EurekAlert!

Wine’s leftovers could help wean chicken farms off antibiotics - EurekAlert!

Antibiotics Can 'Inflame' Bacteria, Making Infections Harder to Treat

Natural Oils vs. Antibiotics: The Swine Study That Could Change Farming

AI helps scientists design smarter biochar to remove antibiotics from water - EurekAlert!

Aquatic plant protects fish from DNA damage and reduces antibiotics in waters

Aquatic plant reduces antibiotics in water and genetic damage in fish - EurekAlert!

A single course of antibiotics may reshape the gut microbiome for years