The antibiotics market generated sales of US ... the injectable drug has a broad spectrum of activity against other Gram-positive cocci, including penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae ...

Most species of bacteria can be broadly divided into two groups, known as gram-positive and gram-negative. These categories reflect big differences in the microbes' biology, and they also dictate ...

Three of these six pathogens are antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Recently, antibacterial drugs against ESBL-producing Gram-negative bacteria accounted for ∼15% (2 out of 13 ...

Patients had to have been given empiric antibiotic therapy prior to the ... Studies that included patients with Gram-positive bacteria, fungi, or polymicrobial infection that did not stratify ...

Hospital uptake of newer antibiotics to treat multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria was low over a 5-year period, according to a retrospective cohort study. Fully 41.5% of episodes of ...

Most of the antibiotic development for systemic therapy is for the treatment of Gram-positive infections such as MRSA and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. In ophthalmology, the interest is not ...

Prof Colin Garner, from Antibiotic Research UK, said finding new antibiotics to treat gram-positive infections like MRSA was good news, but would not address the most pressing need. "Our concern ...

A novel compound targets an essential transport system found only in disease-causing bacteria, leaving commensal bacteria ...

Gram-negative bacteria's thick outer membrane prevents entry of toxic molecules, including antibiotics. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

First, Dr. Jayanta Haldar (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research) will discuss the growing threat posed by drug-resistant bacteria through his work with Vancomycin, a blockbuster ...

comprises gram-positive bacteria that can cause several potentially lethal respiratory infections. Conventionally, S. aureus infections were treated with β-lactam antibiotics. Over time ...