is testing the benefit of appendectomy in patients whose ulcerative colitis is not in remission. Gepotidacin, sold as Blujepa, is a first-in-class triazaacenaphthylene antibiotic that acts by ...

Researchers found most samples resistant to key antibiotics, including carbapenems, with 97% carrying plasmids that spread resistance, highlighting the urgent need for global surveillance and ...

Now, there’s hope on the horizon for these patients. Early clinical trial results indicate a new antibiotic drug could treat — or even cure — the infection. Experts are hailing it as a “ma ...

Background The risk of developing advanced neoplasia (AN; colorectal cancer and/or high-grade dysplasia) in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients with a low-grade dysplasia (LGD) lesion is variable and ...

Older patients – those aged 75 or older – are “less likely to be prescribed antibiotics, despite being at higher risk of hospital admission” These patients were 31% less likely to be prescribed ...

The infants were grouped based on their exposure to antibiotics: no direct or maternal exposure, exposed to maternal antibiotics and received at least 48 hours of antibiotic treatment during ...

"Antibiotic resistance is one of the major threats to modern medicine," said Professor Ronan McCarthy, who led the research at Brunel University of London's Antimicrobial Innovations Center.

Older people are less likely to be given antibiotics for common infections by their GP compared with younger adults, a new study suggests. Academics called on GPs to “better target ...

Certain antibiotic-resistant infections could be treated with precision medicine in the future, thanks to a new resource mapping plasmids the ultimate vehicle of rapid bacterial evolution.

A virulent strain of antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ bacteria that causes severe disease has been found circulating in a Malaysian hospital, a new study by academics has revealed. The threat ...