Amid a surge in drug-resistant bacteria, researchers believe they have discovered a new class of antibiotics for the first ...

Key TakeawaysBlujepa (gepotidacin) is the first new antibiotic class approved in nearly 30 years, providing a crucial ...

Antimicrobial molecule discovered in soil from lab technician’s garden — plus, a huge study assessing the nuances of humans’ impacts on biodiversity.

Lariocidin, a peptide made by bacteria living in soil, was effective against several different microbes responsible for deadly infections. UIC researchers working with collaborators at McMaster ...

A GSK pill that offers a lower potential for drug resistance is now FDA approved as a new treatment for a common type of urinary tract infection, the first new oral antibiotic for this indication ...

Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic molecule that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria — even strains resistant to commercial drugs — and is not toxic to human cells 1.

"Our objective was to explore the risk for cARDs in a population ... The study, "Oral antibiotics and the risk of serious cutaneous adverse drug reactions," was published in JAMA.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA ... company GSK announced Tuesday that the FDA had approved its oral antibiotic Blujepa for treating uncomplicated urinary tract infections in female adults ...

Some notoriously difficult to treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new research using a microfluidic device that more closely duplicates the fluid ...

No other antibiotic approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) takes this approach, and the element of surprise is an important advantage against even microscopic foes. A. baumannii has ...

Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist ...

The preferred treatment first was sulfa drugs; when Shigella strains showed resistance to them, medical people turned to newer antibiotics, such as streptomycin and tetracycline. What exactly was ...