Indo - Asian Antibiotic News 2009 - Dr.A.J.Tamhankar

In Media
WHO Sponsors Event At Copenhagen Conference To Highlight Climate Change Effect On Public

Indo - Asian Antibiotic News 2009 - Dr.A.J.Tamhankar

In Media
Researchers are relying on nanoparticles to heal skin abscesses caused by strains of bacteria that resist antibiotics.
Low immunization levels in Uttar Pradesh causing concern: Unicef. It is resulting in the resurgence of diseases like diphtheria and whooping cough in children.

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In the Indian Media
Exposure to infectious microbes early in life may protect individuals from diseases in adult stage.
Bacteria Offer Insights into Human Decision Making
Traditional Indian remedies digitised

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Obama Issues Joint Statement With Indian Prime Minister Singh, Includes Health, Agriculture Collaboration
From the journals:
Magnitude of drug resistant Shigellosis: a report from Bangalore.
Molecular characterization of a full-length genome of a HIV-2 isolate from India.
Low frequency of moaA3 gene among the clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry--south eastern coastal states of India.
Enterococci in river Ganga surface waters: propensity of species distribution, dissemination of antimicrobial-resistance and virulence-markers among species along landscape.
Ciprofloxacin breakpoints in enteric fever: time to revise our susceptibility criteria.
Drug resistant mutations detected by genotypic drug resistance testing in patients failing therapy in clade C HIV-1 infected individuals from India.
Clustering analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates in Korea by PFGE, ribotying, and phage typing.

Alzheimer`s disease and New antibiotics-By A.J. Tamhankar

Scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have revealed that amyloids, known to be responsible for causing Alzheimers disease, have been found to play a critical role in urinary tract infections. Some of the infectious bacteria use amyloids to attach to host cells and to build biofilms, which are bacterial communities bound together in a film that helps resist antibiotics and immune attacks. During the study, the research team altered potential UTI-fighting compounds originally selected for their ability to block bacteria's ability to make amyloids and form biofilms. But when they brought the compounds back to UTI research after the neurology studies, they found the changes had also unexpectedly made them more effective UTI treatments. (From Andhra News)

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Urine test may help diagnose pneumonia early
GE keen to bring quality healthcare to Indian villages

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-On 8th December, 2009, International aid agency Global Fund announced a $128.5 million grant for India to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Of the grants, $69.4 million will be provided for expanding care and treatment services for tuberculosis (TB), particularly for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. India bears 21 percent of the global TB burden and has the highest estimated incidence of multi-drug resistant cases of any country. $38.1 million will go to malaria prevention and treatment efforts in the seven states in the northeast region - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. This includes efforts to achieve near universal coverage of long-lasting insecticide treated nets by 2015 in these areas. $18.6 million will go to multi-country HIV grant in South Asia for an initiative targeting gays and the transgender community.
-The patent expiries of three blockbuster antibiotics —levofloxacin, moxifloxacin and piperacillin /tazobactam — in the near future may contribute to their cheaper availability in countries like India.

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From the Media
Ayurvedic tradition has it that drinking water on an empty stomach that has been stored overnight in a copper urn keeps illness at bay. A scientific experimentation News in Times of India (December 03, 2009) confirms that Copper keeps superbugs at Bay.