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Drug-resistant bacteria on increase in hospitals worldwide

An infectious disease expert says that dangerous bacteria that were normally found in soil and water are on the increase in hospitals worldwide. Mathew Falagas, who is director of the Alfa Institute of Biomedical Science in Greece, says that Acinetobactor baumannii accounts for almost 30 percent of drug-resistant hospital infections and it is more resistant Read more

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Lack of a specific bacterium in the gut may cause Crohn’s disease, a new study suggests

According to the researchers (from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), the lack of a specific bacterium in the gut can become the cause of Crohn’s disease. The lack of naturally-produced bacteria may activate the inflammatory gastrointestinal disorder because of over-stimulate immune system. Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is the bug that has been highlighted by a Read more