Monday, June 21, 2010

Global scenario of microbes, infections, antibiotics and resistance - By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

-Effect of antibiotic prescribing in primary care on antimicrobial resistance in individual patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
-American Society for Microbiology Comments on Antimicrobial Resistance
-PhD student position at the Center for Systems Microbiology,Technical University Denmark:
The project is aimed at improving our understanding of how antibiotic resistance develops in microbial communities, including the human microbiome, and how human genetic host factors influence microbiome composition and its antibiotic resistance.
-TWO PHD STUDENT POSITIONS IN MICROBIOLOGY IN THE AREA OF GENETIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE DEVELOPMENT IN BACTERIA.
-Why Do Beta-Lactams Cause Rashes?
-A Fast and Highly Sensitive Blood Culture PCR Method for Clinical Detection of Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhi
-LRSA---Spanish Hospital Sees Outbreak of Linezolid-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
-Worst hospitals in Britain for HAI-superbugs
-American Medical Association (AMA) proposes a multi-faceted approach to combating antibiotic resistance
-Several American Health care societies join together to develop new Guidelines for the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals
-Effect of antibiotics in the environment on microbial populations.
-Using an advanced genetic screening technique- DNA microarray technology, ARS-USA has detected over 700 genes that give microbes like Salmonella, E. coli, Campylobacter, Listeria, and Enterococcus the ability to resist antibiotics and other antimicrobial compounds.
-Protein CCL5 may fight against tuberculosis
-Newly released IFT Expert Report elucidates the implications of antimicrobial uses throughout the food system.
-Health implication of urine therapy practiced in Africa
-Talking to Female Patients About Sexual Health: Overcoming Common Communication Challenges

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