Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

A new method to analyse a commonly understood route for antibiotic resistance could lead to earlier detection of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have identified for the first time the culprit behind the causing of broad-spectrum bacterial resistance to peptide antibiotics.

Food Safety and Technology Research Centre of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, PolyU recently found that bacteria that carry the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 commonly exist in human and various types of food and environmental samples collected from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) discovered a newly emerged superbug, hyper-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, which may cause untreatable and fatal infections in relatively healthy individuals and will pose enormous threat to human health.

Antibiotic resistance is one of medicine’s most pressing problems. Now, a team from Korea is tackling this in a unique way: using bacteria to fight bacteria.

An antibiotic resistant strain of bacteria found circulating in Jeddah’s municipal wastewater could have severe implications for public health.

Tailored combinations of antibiotics that kill microbes in different ways are a powerful weapon against drug resistance.

Certain bacteria-based water treatment systems may help prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance.

Pilot study lays the groundwork for future non-invasive diagnosis of bacterial infections.

Researchers are getting closer to understanding how some natural antibiotics work so they can develop drugs that mimic them.

Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization and Special Representative for Antimicrobial Resistance in the Office of the WHO Director-General have presented an inaugural Distinguished Lecture entitled "Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Challenges and Ways Forward" at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

‘Non- evolvable’ essential cells can be targeted to predict and lower possibility of drug resistance

Garlic extract may be an effective weapon against multi-drug resistant strains of pathogenic bacteria associated with urinary tract infections (UTI), according to a recent study published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science.

A team from A*STAR’s Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES) and the National University Hospital (NUH) has discovered new ways to enhance the efficacy of drugs used to treat respiratory system infections and antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

The Statement highlights the role that antimicrobial drugs play in today’s medical practices, as well as recent increases in the number of pathogens developing resistance to these drugs. To reduce the current major public health problem of antimicrobial resistance and avert a much worse crisis, IAP & IAMP propose a series of 10 recommendations.

Kuala Lumpur, 23 Jan - Malaysian researchers have revealed the presence of multidrug-resistant strains of Listeria monocytogenes in frozen burger patties taken from supermarkets and other retail shops in Malaysia. The research was published in Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science.