Biomed Radio - Washington University School Of Medicine In St. Louis

Antibiotic resistance is poised to spread rapidly around the globe among bacteria frequently implicated in respiratory and urinary infections, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. A STUDY FROM RESEARCHERS AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUIS, BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY IN PAKISTAN HAS FOUND EVIDENCE THAT TWO GENES FOR RESISTING POWERFUL ANTIBIOTICS CAN SPREAD EASILY AMONG COMMON TYPES OF BACTERIA AND COULD SOON RENDER THE DRUGS ALMOST USELESS IN SOME PATIENTS WITH INFECTIONS. JIM DRYDEN HAS MORE… THE RESEARCHERS FOCUSED ON A SPECIFIC GROUP OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BUGS THAT CAUSE INFECTIONS, ACCORDING TO WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER GAUTAM DANTAS. (act) :26 o/c hospital-acquired infections And these are the carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. So carbapenems are one of these late-generation antibiotics, and the reason they’re important is they’re really, really potent drug