Rare mutations are helping dangerous hospital bacteria slip past the last-line antibiotic defense

Another last-resort antibiotic has fallen victim to the rapid evolution of drug-resistant superbugs. The powerful antibiotic ...
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A Last-Resort Antibiotic Is Losing The Battle Against a Dangerous Hospital Bug

(DBenitostock/Moment/Getty Images) The combination drug ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA) is a last line of defense against the ...
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Multidrug-resistant bacteria detected in Chilean wastewater for the first time

A team of Chilean researchers has identified, for the first time in the country, the presence of KPC-type carbapenemase-producing bacteria in wastewater samples from the Greater Concepción ...
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Study detects multidrug-resistant KPC-producing bacteria in Chilean wastewater for the first time

A team of Chilean researchers has identified, for the first time in the country, the presence of KPC-type carbapenemase-producing bacteria in wastewater samples from the Greater Concepción ...