Multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria represents a major public health challenge, with these organisms evolving a myriad of mechanisms to evade the effects of antibiotic treatment. One ...

Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in wastewater, including medications that people may be taking, like antibiotics. Low levels of antibiotics in wastewater can affect bacteria as well, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Antibiotic resistance is emerging as one of the most pressing health challenges of the 21st century. As bacteria develop mechanisms to evade conventional drugs, treatments that ...

Plant derived phenolic acids can dramatically enhance the activity of existing antibiotics against multidrug resistant E. coli, offering a promising new tool in the global fight against antimicrobial ...

Researchers revealed the atomic-level mechanism bacteria like A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa use to build antibiotic-resistant 3D biofilms, opening new paths to fight multidrug-resistant infections.

A genomic study of 291 eye infection samples found over 45% multidrug-resistant bacteria, highlighting antibiotic resistance patterns.

BioVersys and partners publish in the prestigious journal of Nature Communications pre-clinical development data of AlpE (alpibectir and ethionamide), an innovative drug combination that overcomes ...

A strain of the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from an 86-year-old woman with a urinary infection admitted to hospital in Brazil’s Northeast region in 2022 proved resistant to all available ...

When people take antibiotics, some of the dose is excreted with urine and feces and ends up in our wastewater. The presence of this low dose of antibiotic creates an opportunity for resistant bacteria ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Increasingly, multidrug-resistant bacteria circulate in war zones ...

ESCMID is the premier annual congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. It takes place from April 17 - 21, 2026 in Munich, Germany.