With the advancement of technology, the microwave became a staple in human life due to its two main uses: cooking and heating food, and the belief that it kills bacteria on food during heating. The common belief is that the heat generated by microwaves destroys bacteria and other pathogens. Microwaves heat food by causing water …
This week a prize was announced that is likely to have far-reaching implications in the world of health care. Despite its importance most of the community is unaware of the event. The winner of the Longitude prize is poised to spearhead a revolution in the field of infection management and global efforts to tackle antimicrobial …
ANI | Updated: May 29, 2024 00:23 IST Geneva [Switzerland], May 29 (ANI): Health leaders from countries and areas of the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions sounded the alarm and committed to work together to more effectively tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR), WHO informed in a press release on Wednesday.They endorsed …
Every year, almost five million people die globally because of anti-microbial resistant (AMR) bacteria, according to a latest Lancet study. In fact, they make up a major part of the estimated 7.7 million deaths globally due to bacterial infections, which are becoming the second largest cause of mortality. “In India, in 2019, approximately 10,43,500 deaths …
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grouped into critical, high and medium categories for prioritization. The list provides guidance on the development of new and necessary treatments to stop the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, …
New Delhi: Age, sex and location could be important in assessing the antibiotic resistance of a bacterial infection, new research has found. Antibiotic, or antimicrobial, resistance is a global public health threat and occurs when disease-causing germs evolve and develop a resistance to the very drugs designed to kill them, rendering these drugs ineffective. The …
This analysis is structured in five steps (Fig. 5a–e): (a) collection and extraction of epidemiological information from point prevalence surveys (PPS); (b) mapping distribution of resistance prevalence using three machine learning models; (c) ensembling predictions using Gaussian process stacked generalization; (d) mapping priority antimicrobials for surveillance; and (e) estimating prediction uncertainty of maps generated in steps …
In a recent study published in The Journal of Antibiotics, a group of researchers analyzed the trends in antimicrobial resistance among urogenital Mycoplasma hominis (M. hominis) and Ureaplasma species in Greece, utilizing 2,992 Ureaplasma spp. and 371 M. hominis isolates from 2014 to 2022, assessing their sensitivity to various antibiotics. Study: Antimicrobial resistance rates of urogenital Mycoplasma …
Absence of the MSMEG-3762/63 pump enhances membrane potential To evaluate the functional role of MSMEG-3762/63 in membrane potential (Δψ), cytofluorimetric analysis was performed on M. smegmatis (wt), M. smegmatis (ΔMSMEG_3763) and M. smegmatis (ΔMSMEG_3763 pBD04) complemented strain, using the DiOC2 fluorescent carbocyanine dye. DiOC2 exhibits green fluorescence in the monomeric state but shifts toward red …