A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

The World Health Organization estimates that about 9 million people become ill from the life-threatening infection and ...

Typhoid fever might be rare in developed countries, but this ancient threat, thought to have been around for millennia, is ...

Typhoid fever is a particularly unpleasant bacterial infection that can spread throughout the body and, according to the NHS, ...

The NHS has issued a stark warning and says typhoid fever is a particularly unpleasant bacterial infection that can spread ...

The development and spread of antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. To overcome ...

An antibiotic that is commonly used for urinary tract infections effectively treated gonorrhoea, and may even work against ...

Dr Farooq Ulla Khan, ICU Consultant, Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Bengaluru highlights that the consequences of AMR are dire.

A new class of antibiotic has been found to be safe and effective in treating gonorrhea in late-stage trials, according to a ...

Recent discoveries are helping scientists face this challenge in innovative ways. Studies have found that nearly a quarter of drugs that aren’t normally prescribed as antibiotics, such as medications ...

Gepotidacin, an antibiotic currently used to treat urinary tract infections, could be a new treatment to treat gonorrhea, ...

Today, only one oral antibiotic is left: the macrolide, azithromycin. And this medicine might not work for much longer. The 2022 study found mutations that confer resistance to azithromycin are ...