Assumptions of how antibiotics work may be incorrect
Bacterial infections are the No. 1 cause of death in hospital patients in the U.S., and antibiotic-resistant bacteria are on the rise, causing tens of thousands of deaths every year. Understanding exactly how antibiotics work, or don’t, is crucial for developing...
How India’s hospitals, rivers and chickens are driving global antibiotic resistance
A 59-year-old man from India, who was living in Sweden, visited New Delhi in late 2007, where he was hospitalized for an infection and treated with an array of antibiotics. Once he was back in Sweden, in early 2008, he was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection...
Infection burden increases over 6 years in THA, TKA
Results from this study demonstrated the infection burden for total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty increased over 6 years among international arthroplasty registries. “Despite efforts to try to reduce the incidence of periprosthetic infection, the most...
ESTRÉS OXIDATIVO Y OSTEOARTRITIS – SYNOLIS VA
INTRODUCCIÓN El estrés oxidativo y las ROS (reactive oxygen species) se han descrito como un factor esencial en diversas enfermedades y, más recientemente, en la progresión de la osteoartritis (OA) (Fig. 1). El tratamiento actual de la OA combina estrategias...
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