A resistance gene contains the information for the production of a protein that makes an antibiotic ineffective and hence confers resistance against an antibiotic to a pathogen.
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Resistance genes are usually found on a ring-shaped piece of DNA, the plasmid. Like this, they can easily be passed on from one bacterium to another. Plants can possess resistance genes as well. They are usually directed against herbicides and pests.
With one of the highest tuberculosis (TB) incidences (368 cases/100,000 population) in the African region, Mozambique is particularly affected by the TB epidemic. Drug-resistant TB is also a major
Every year at least 700,000 people die as a result of infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria—a figure which according to WHO forecasts could rise to ten million people by 2050 without new
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Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at the University of Cologne have conducted a study on the carbapenem-resistant bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii. The pathogen was
DZIF scientist Dr Janko Sattler, a medical specialist at the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene at the University Hospital Cologne, was awarded the bioMérieux Diagnostics Prize
There are a number of factors responsible for the development of antibiotic resistance. So far, the interactions between pathogens and the complex microbial colonisation (microbiota) of the human body under the selection pressure of antibiotic treatment play a little studied and underestimated role ...
Every year at least 700,000 people die as a result of infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria—a figure which according to WHO forecasts could rise to ten million people by 2050 without new
