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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Nearly 30% of US adults admit to lying about or exaggerating their symptoms to get antibiotics from doctors, survey finds

One in four Americans have exaggerated or made up symptoms to try to get antibiotics

Eating too much sugar on antibiotics could squash helpful gut bacteria

Taking antibiotics? Sugar may be making the damage worse

Mining fragmented data for antibiotics and cancer treatments

Sugar amplifies damage done to gut health by antibiotics

Slashing sugar intake before antibiotics may save your microbiome

Appendectomy for appendicitis associated with 58% lower colorectal cancer risk than antibiotics alone

Uma scientists develop a new technology that improves the diagnosis of allergy to antibiotics such as amoxicillin and other penicillins

Uma scientists develop a new technology that improves the diagnosis of allergy to antibiotics such as amoxicillin and other penicillins

Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Breaks Down Both Plastic and Antibiotics

Always Finish Your Antibiotics? Longer is Better? Outdated Ideas About Antibiotics are Common, Study Finds

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 Outdated ideas about antibiotics are common, study finds - EurekAlert!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!