#antibiotics

Researchers at King’s College London say antibiotics can be redesigned to resist bacterial efflux pumps, potentially reviving older drug classes and improving new ones.

A national Medicaid analysis found that outpatient antibiotic use rises sharply with medical complexity in children, with the heaviest exposure concentrated among those with multiple chronic conditions.

A retrospective report highlighted by Medical Xpress says standard-dose amoxicillin-clavulanate emerged as the preferred treatment choice for uncomplicated acute sinusitis, a common reason U.S. adults receive antibiotics

César de la Fuente is pioneering a radical approach to antibiotic discovery, using machine learning to find antimicrobial compounds hidden in extinct organisms, the human body, and environmental DNA databases.