Antibiotic treatment disrupts the balance of beneficial and harmful bacteria in a person's gut. That disruption can lead to the overgrowth of fungal species in the gut mycobiota, including the common ...

The mechanism which allows beta-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has now been revealed. The mechanism which allows β-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has ...

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First-line antibiotics for uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) remain more effective than fluoroquinolones and beta-lactams, with a 1.78% lower risk for 30-day revisits than fluoroquinolones ...

Pfizer has just completed phase 3 trials of a new antibiotic that's active against highly resistant Gram-negative infections. It's a real superbug fighter. But what took so long? Once upon a time in a ...

Focusing on the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, new research led by scientists from the University of Sheffield in the U.K., examines how bacteria maintain their unique cell walls and how ...

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Infants of mothers treated in the first trimester of pregnancy with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) antibiotics for urinary tract infection (UTI) appeared to ...