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Clouds carry drug-resistant bacteria across distances: study

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For a team of Canadian and French researchers, dark clouds on the horizon are potentially ominous not because they signal an approaching storm—but because they were found in a recent study to carry drug-resistant bacteria over long distances.

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria contaminates whole ICU, shows study

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Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) was brought into the ICU, in Hangzhou, on multiple occasions as patients were admitted, creating a large 'reservoir' of the bacteria which contaminated beds and equipment.

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How bacteria invade the brain

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A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School details the step-by-step cascade that allows bacteria to break through the brain's protective layers—the meninges—and cause brain infection, or meningitis, a highly fatal disease.

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Cronobacter Sakazakii: The Bacteria Behind the Baby Formula Shortage

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Cronobacter sakazakii , the bacteria linked to recent baby formula shortages and the Abbott infant formula recall, could soon join the federal disease watchlist. Also known as Enterobacter sakazakii , Cronobacter sakazakii is a bacteria that can cause severe infections, particularly in infants, and is associated with high mortality rates.

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Fighting Excrescences with glamorous bacteria

The Pharma Data

Fighting Excrescences with glamorous bacteria. One possibility is to use modified bacteria as” ferries” to carry the medicines through the bloodstream to the tumours. These bacteria of the rubric Magnetospirillum respond to glamorous fields and can be controlled by attractions from outside the body.

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Bacteria that break down nicotine found in the guts of mice

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has isolated a type of bacteria in the guts of mice that break down nicotine. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes how they isolated the bacteria and why their finding could reduce incidences of fatty liver disease in humans.

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How antibiotic resistant gut bacteria cause lung infections

Drug Discovery World

An Oxford University study has provided the first evidence that antibiotic resistant bacteria can travel from the gut to the lung, increasing the risk of deadly infections. . With AMR being an increasing concern in hospitals, preventing the spread of AMR bacteria to other vital organs such as the lung is critical in vulnerable patients.