Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Becoming Resistant to Antibiotics, Study Warns

Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Becoming Resistant to Antibiotics, Study Warns

Typhoid fever might be rare in developed countries, but this ancient threat, thought to have been around for millennia, is still very much a danger in our modern world.

Drug-resistant typhoid fever sparks global health alarm

Recent studies reveal that XDR typhoid strains are now resistant to widely used antibiotics that were once considered the last line of defense.

Typhoid fever, an infectious disease known for millennia, is still a real danger in our modern world. Although rare in developed countries, this condition caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) is mutating to resist the antibiotic treatments available, according to a recent study. This growing resistance is worrying ... Read more The article An ancestral threat resurfaces: typhoid fever becomes resistant to antibiotics! appeared …

Until 10 years ago, typhus was treated with simple pills. Today, it is becoming deadly dangerous due to mutations — and is already reaching beyond South Asia.

Lariocidin emerges as first new antibiotic class in decades - Research & Development World

The discovery of lariocidin could be the first completely new class of antibiotics in nearly 30 years. Unearthed from soil collected in a Canadian lab technician’s garden, this lasso-shaped peptide hits drug-resistant Gram-negatives by locking onto a ribosomal site no marketed drug touches, wiping out pan-resistant pathogens while sparing mammalian cells. A paper in Nature… The post Lariocidin emerges as first new antibiotic class in decades app…