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Comeback of drug-resistant neglected tropical disease tracked through genomic surveillance
Genome sequencing has shed light on the re-emergence of the bacterium that causes yaws, a neglected tropical disease of the
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Study calls for screening for drug-resistant E. coli in capsulized fecal transplants
Rigorous donor screening for drug resistant E. coli in fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) is an essential means of preventing infections
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Two new, highly drug-resistant forms of bacteria that cause life-threatening typhoid fever
Every year, about 11-20 million people get sick with typhoid and between 128 000 and 161 000 people die from
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New HIV therapy reduces virus, boosts immunity in drug-resistant patients
In a study, a new HIV drug reduced viral replication and increased immune cells in individuals with advanced, drug-resistant HIV
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How did gonorrhea become a drug-resistant superbug?
The bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is resistant to multiple standard antibiotics and now threatens to develop
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