[ad_1] Infections from Clostridium difficile respond poorly to antibiotic therapy. Stool transplant appears to be an effective therapeutic alternative that significantly reduces recurrence, according to a recent study conducted in the United States. The microbiota intestinal is a community of microorganisms, mainly bacteria – and in a lesser proportion, virus …
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[ad_1] Antibiotics are used to prevent and treat bacterial infections. They have played an important role in the fight against infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, typhoid fever and meningitis in 20th century. However, the misuse of antibiotics has also led to the development of so-called multi-drug resistance (MDR) whereby …
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[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 18, 2020 For a slow-growing microbe that multiplies infrequently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB) has long puzzled researchers as to how it develops resistance to antibiotics so quickly, within weeks or months. Now, TB researchers at San Diego State University have …
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