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Antibiotic

Overview

In common usage, an antibiotic is a substance or compound that killsbacteria or inhibits their growth. Antibacterial is an alternative name. Antibiotics belong to the broader group of antimicrobial compounds, used to treat infections caused by microorganisms, including fungi and protozoa.

Headlines Around the Web

IBM designs gel to fight infections

Jan 25 - Financial Times

Greek Doctors Battle Hospital Superbug as Crisis Depletes Budget

Feb 10, 2012 - Business Week

Nothing bugs Cubist CEO Michael Bonney

Jan 17, 2012 - MarketWatch

Nigeria: Pharmaceutical Company Phases Out Ciprotab

Oct 12, 2011 - AllAfrica News

Clandestine Drug Sales Hamper China’s Battle With Superbugs

Oct 06, 2011 - Business Week

First drug-resistant gonorrhea strain emerges

Jul 11, 2011 - France24

China orders recall of Glaxo drug

Jun 18, 2011 - France24

J&J Wins Trial Over Injury Claims Made Against Antibiotic

Jun 18, 2011 - Business Week

Hong Kong orders recall of Glaxo children's drug

Jun 10, 2011 - France24

Groups sue US over antibiotics in farm feed

May 26, 2011 - France24

Texas warns of fake antibiotics aimed at Hispanics

May 14, 2011 - France24

Namibia: Drug Resistance Have High Cost Implications

Apr 16, 2011 - AllAfrica News

WHO calls for urgent action on antibiotic misuse

Apr 07, 2011 - France24

Biotech Stocks: Optimer climbs as drug stocks edge higher

Apr 02, 2011 - MarketWatch

Biocon boost from Optimer's patent

Mar 18, 2011 - The Times of India

Drug cuts relapse rate of C. diff infection

Feb 03, 2011 - France24

Venus gets patent for antibiotic drug from Russia, Ukraine

Dec 27, 2010 - Business Standard

China Cuts Retail Prices of Bristol-Myers, Roche Drugs

Nov 30, 2010 - Business Week

Child ear infections not helped much by antibiotics: study

Nov 17, 2010 - France24

Brazil worried as more superbug infections emerge

Nov 07, 2010 - France24

Articles About Antibiotic

Worst than AIDS STD Now Spreading; Most Effective Drug Ineffective [Videos]

By IBTimes AU

A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease Gonorrhoea called H041 has emerged in Japan, United States, Hawaii and Norway defeating the most successful antibiotic currently used to treat the disease. Medical experts warn the world of a more dangerous STD compared to AIDS. (May 10)

MORE TOPICS: CALIFORNIA, JAPAN, MANAGEMENT, AIDS, INFECTION, CONGRESS

The Gonorrhoea superbug strain could become untreatable and reach epidemic proportions by 2015. (Wikimedia Commons)

Gonorrhoea Sex Superbug 'Worse than Aids'

By IBTimes UK

Antibiotic-resistant form of gonorrhoea has potential to be as deadly as Aids virus. (May 06)

MORE TOPICS: CALIFORNIA, JAPAN, AIDS, INFECTION

Tea Tree Oil Not Causing Anti-Biotic Resistance in Humans: study

By IBTimes AU

Tea tree oil does not cause anti-biotic resistance in humans, according to an “international” study led by researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA). (Mar 12)

Antibiotic resistance a "catastrophic threat" - medical chief

By Reuters UK

Antibiotic resistance poses a catastrophic threat to medicine and could mean patients having minor surgery risk dying from infections that can no longer be treated, Britain's top health official said on Monday. (Mar 11)

MORE TOPICS: INDIA, AIDS, INFECTION, INVESTMENT

The Agony of Hugo Chavez: Details of His Final days Emerge

By Reuters

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez slid into a coma the day before he died of respiratory failure after cancer spread into his lungs, sources say. (Mar 10)

MORE TOPICS: CUBA, INFECTION, CANCER, SARCOMA

Gonorrhoea Threat Serious as STI Drug Resistant Strains Spread

By IBTimes UK

Gonorrhoea cases in Britain rise by 25 percent in 2011 with more untreatable cases reported by doctors. (Feb 27)

Aberdeen Scientists Trawl Arctic Seabed for Antibiotics as World Faces ‘Apocalypse’

By IBTimes UK

Hunt for life-saving antibiotics has plumbed new depths. (Feb 16)

Cystic Fibrosis Hope: Scientists Target Switch in Fatal Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug

By IBTimes UK

Scientists find new way to target superbug Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium. (Jan 30)

Antibiotic Apocalypse Looming, Warns Health Chief Sally Davies

By IBTimes UK

Antibiotics resistance bigger threat than global warming and time may come when simple infection could kill again. (Jan 25)

MORE TOPICS: GLOBAL WARMING, CLIMATE CHANGE, INFECTION

Six Amazing Foods for Cleansing your Colon Naturally

By Natural News

Six Amazing Foods for Cleansing your Colon NaturallyGastrointestinal problems are prolific in today's society, and this is largely due to the fact that the modern food supply is greatly lacking in the nutrients required for healthy digestion (no... (Jan 16)