A new substance could help fight malicious infections. The substance activates the endogenous defence.

Children’s immune systems have yet not matured, which makes them more prone to infection than adults. Antibiotics are therefore crucial drugs for the young, but even children are plagued by antibiotic resistance, an analysis shows.

MRSA is arguably the most well-known of the resistant bacteria. Many people even have them on their skin without even knowing it. However, it is only when the bacterium gets into the body through an open wound that it becomes dangerous. In hospitals, MRSA can cause severe wound infections in patients with weakened immune systems or after surgery.

Israel has endured several heavy outbreaks of resistant germs. The nation’s response has been exemplary. Despite the peculiarities, other countries are following its model.

A report is circulating saying that ten million people are going to die in the future due to resistances against antibiotics. The number is wrong. It is grounded in the exaggeration of a British study which, in turn, is working with overstatement. Distortion has become symptomatic within this topic. An analysis.

In Great Britain, superbugs have been in the center of attention since some well publicised outbreaks. Government initiatives aim to tackle the issue, but problems, like the lack of reliable data, remain. Here we provide an overview over the complex situation in the country and help you to get the most relevant information.

In the nose of all places, where resistant MRSA-bacteria are likely to be found, the researcher Andreas Peschel and his team have discovered an antibiotic that kills MRSA-bacteria.

A huge, blood-thirsty monster resembling Godzilla faces medieval warriors in a battle. At closer look the monster can be identified as a giant bacterium – so huge in fact, that later it attempts to eat the whole earth. What we are watching is not a horror film, but a video by the Spanish government aiming to warn the public on the problem of antibiotic resistance.

In France, resistant germs have it easy. Because patients want antibiotics when they have a cold – and doctors oblige. But there are first signs of improvement.

In Denmark, there are more than twice as many pigs as humans, and twice as many antibiotics given to the animals as well. A perfect breeding ground for resistant bacteria – to which politics have failed to respond.

Each year around 2.6 million Europeans are infected in hospital, and roughly 90,000 die. This has been discovered in a wide-ranging study, led by Alessandro Cassini from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

British environmentalists are alarmed. Close to Indian pharmaceutical plants they have found high numbers of resistant bacteria. They blame remnants of antibiotics in the water. We have asked experts to evaluate the finding.