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Drug compound to kill antibiotic resistant superbugs found

A new study published in the journal ACS Nano, has discovered a new compound which can kill gram-negative E. coli, including a multidrug resistant pathogen said to be responsible for millions of antibiotic resistant infections worldwide annually.

By: IANS   | | Updated: May 29, 2019 8:30 am
Tags: antibiotic resistant superbugs  Superbug  Superbugs  
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Antibiotic resistance happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. ©Shutterstock

Researchers have discovered a new drug compound which kills antibiotic resistant gram-negative bacteria that can cause infections including pneumonia, urinary tract infections and bloodstream infections. Also Read - Antimicrobial resistance: What is it all about and ways to prevent it

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The research, published in the journal ACS Nano, describes the new compound which kills gram-negative E. coli, including a multidrug resistant pathogen said to be responsible for millions of antibiotic resistant infections worldwide annually. Also Read - Ramizol antibiotic can tackle drug-resistant bacteria: Study

“As the compound is luminescent it glows when exposed to light. This means the uptake and effect on bacteria can be followed by the advanced microscope techniques available at RAL (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Britain),” said Jim Thomas, Professor at the University of Sheffield in Britain.

“This breakthrough could lead to vital new treatments to life-threatening superbugs and the growing risk posed by antimicrobial resistance,” Thomas added.

The studies at Sheffield and RAL have shown the compound seems to have several modes of action, making it more difficult for resistance to emerge in the bacteria.

In a recent report on antimicrobial resistant pathogens, the World Health Organisation put several gram-negative bacteria at the top of its list, stating that new treatments for these bacteria were “Priority 1 Critical” because they cause infections with high death rates, are rapidly becoming resistant to all present treatments and are often picked up in hospitals.

The next step of the research will be to test it against other multi-resistant bacteria.

Published : May 29, 2019 8:29 am | Updated:May 29, 2019 8:30 am
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