Tagged: colistin

‘Forgotten’ antibiotic offers hope against worst superbugs - News

Jean Balchin • Feb 01, 2018 •

• Allergies,
• antibiotics,
• antimicrobial activity,
• colistin,
• disease,
• gram-negative bacteria,
• Health,
• infection,
• Kidneys,
• octapeptin,
• toxicity

An antibiotic virtually forgotten since its discovery 40 years ago could help develop new drugs against life-threatening infections caused by some of the world’s most dangerous superbugs. What are Superbugs? So-called “superbugs” possess antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of the medication used previously to treat them. These resistant microbes are difficult to treat, … Read More

Superbugs could kill more people than cancer by 2050 - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • May 28, 2016 •

• antibiotic discovery,
• antibiotics,
• Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy,
• colistin,
• e coli,
• Jim O'Neill,
• Superbugs,
• USA,
• WHO,
• World Health Organization

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs are in the news again. This time a strain of E. coli resistant to the antibiotic colistin has been spotted in the USA. So why is this newsworthy and should we be scared?  A strain of E. coli has been identified in the USA that is resistant to the antibiotic colistin. A paper describing the strain has just been published … Read More