Slowly the two built evidence that Lapdap could kill resistant strains of the parasite.
This is particularly important given the emergence of multi-drug resistant strains of the disease.
The two slowly built evidence that Lapdap could kill resistant strains of the parasite.
The researchers believe about 1% of new cases of TB are caused by multidrug-resistant strains.
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One of the perils of non-compliance is the development of drug-resistant strains of HIV.
Over time, particularly if antibiotic courses are not completed, the resistant strains become dominant in hospitals.
Concern over drug-resistant strains of TB is growing, with similar 'incurable' TB emerging in Italy and Iran.
Drug-resistant strains of everything from tuberculosis to staphylococcus are killing tens of thousands of patients every year.
They then develop resistance to several medications, thus infecting their communities with multi-drug resistant strains of TB.
But the few microbes that are able to survive a drug assault mutate rapidly into resistant strains.
Through the misuse or simply lack of antibiotics, resistant strains have been allowed to run rampant in some countries.
For doctors who don't specialize in TB, treatment of resistant strains gets tricky.
Despite the decline in regular TB, drug resistant strains of the disease have worsened and spread here and globally.
Japanese researchers have published the completed genomes of two antibiotic resistant strains of one of the world's most dangerous bacteria.
However, as often happens, evolution has got to work and generated drug-resistant strains of the virus by modifying its protease.
On top of that, if drugs are used carelessly, resistant strains of the virus can emerge, rendering the therapies useless.
Similar resistant strains have been detected in Europe but at this stage only on an ad hoc basis, says Dr Hurt.
New, resistant strains of honeybees could, at least in theory, be bred.
Another aspect in the resurgence of the disease is the development of drug resistant strains which now affect up to 50 million people.
The multi drug resistant strains are often fatal and have mortality rates that are comparable with those which existed before the development of antibiotics.
The bears are so isolated that Dr Sundset does not believe they could have picked up the resistant strains they do have from people.
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Studies are pending as to whether the MRSA can be killed by copper before it reproduces, which could minimize the chance of resistant strains evolving.
Treatment-resistant strains of tuberculosis are spreading rapidly in Russia and China.
Both hit all but one of dozens of Gleevec-resistant strains in the test tube, and in trials they send a large minority of such tough cases into remission.
On October 13th a study published in Science Translational Medicine revealed that early-stage trials show a new tuberculosis vaccine may work against drug-resistant strains of that killer disease.
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Doing this on a large scale, involving 151 samples from infections in 19 countries, allowed researchers to build up a picture of the spread of the antibiotic resistant strains.
The arrival of antibiotics in the 1940s revolutionised healthcare, but bacteria are fighting back and doctors and scientists are warning that ever-evolving resistant strains are putting modern medicine at risk.
Sadly, the main affordable weapon in the hospital's arsenal is pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine, a 30-year-old drug cocktail that works only half the time against drug-resistant strains common in this part of sub-Saharan Africa.
Sadly, the principal affordable weapon in the hospital's arsenal is pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine, a 30-year-old drug cocktail that works only half the time against the drug-resistant strains common in this part of sub-Saharan Africa.
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