ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND YOU!

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND YOU!

TWO FREE EVENTS BY PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND

Find out more and register now – free to attend

Birmingham: Wednesday 2 December 2015

Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EP
and

London: Wednesday 24 February 2016

John Hunbury Lecture Theatre, UCL School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX

Antibiotic resistance affects you, but do you know how? Come and join the discussion on how we can work together to combat antibiotic resistance!

If we fail to act, we are looking at an almost unthinkable scenario where antibiotics no longer work and we are cast back into the dark ages of medicine" – David Cameron, UK Prime Minister

Find out what antibiotic resistance really means to you and your family by attending one of our events.

These free events will:

·        Educate you about the causes of antibiotic resistance and why it is a threat.

·        Inform you about what you can do to help solve this problem by taking simple, everyday steps.

·        Explain the roles and responsibilities of the government, policy makers, and healthcare professionals in tackling this problem.

·        Show you how you can join the fight against antibiotic resistance.

·        Allow you to contribute to the debate about antibiotic resistance and to the solution!

We look forward to welcoming you!

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New Antibiotic Combination Eliminates MRSA

"A new three-way antibiotic combination appears to be effective at eliminating one of the most notorious of the hospital acquired infections: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). MRSA is a type of S. aureus that has developed resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics (including penicillin.) This means that an infection with this bacterium is hard to treat and with the elderly, young and those with weak immune systems, such an infection can be dangerous.

What is interesting about the finding is that the three antibiotics alone are not effective against the bacterium. However, when they are used in unison they have proved to be extremely effective in laboratory studies. The studies were initially run in test tubes and then confirmed using mice. Human trials are pending.

The synergistically successful combination of antibiotics were triple ?-lactam combination meropenem-piperacillin-tazobactam (ME/PI/TZ).

A further piece of good news that it is unlikely that the three drugs will lead to resistance occurring with the bacterium, meaning that the drug combination should last for many years. One problem with current antibiotics, through their overuse, is the rate at which resistance to antimicrobials has taken occurred.

There is hope that the combination will be effective against other microorganisms. With this, lead researcher Gautam Dantas noted in a research note: “We started with MRSA because it’s such a difficult bug to treat. But we are optimistic the same type of approach may work against other deadly pathogens, such as Pseudomonas and certain virulent forms of E. coli.”

The research into the new antibiotic combination was conducted at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The research findings are published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. The research paper is headed “Synergistic, collaterally sensitive ?-lactam combinations suppress resistance in MRSA.”

Tim Sandle, in The Latest News, 17th September 2015 

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