/channels/taxonomy/term/8692/all en /channels/channels/news/new-means-fight-un-killable-bacteria-healthcare-settings-289612 <p>Scientists at the Research Institute of the ���ϲ����� University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have identified new means of fighting drug-tolerant bacteria, a growing global threat as menacing as drug-resistant microbes. Little is known about the mechanisms leading to tolerance, a strategy that makes bacteria “indifferent” to antibiotics and almost “un-killable,” which results in chronic infections extremely difficult to treat and cure.</p> Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:44:53 +0000 webfull 140865 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-muhc-study-calls-targeted-screening-high-risk-healthcare-workers-tuberculosis-269175 <p> Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:48:53 +0000 webfull 129426 at /channels /channels/news/simluated-patient-study-sheds-new-light-antibiotic-use-india-262354 <p><strong><em>���ϲ����� Newsroom</em></strong></p> <p><em>As a result of the overuse or misus<span>e of antibiotics, antimicrobial resistant superbugs represent an extraordinary threat to global health. This threat is particularly great in India, the world’s largest consumer of antibiotics and the country facing the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the world.</span></em></p> Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:15:52 +0000 webfull 120832 at /channels