1b). Remarkably, the latter two new classes of tetracyclines showed potent antimicrobial activity against bacteria known to be resistant to tetracycline, penicillin, methicillin and/or vancomycin.

The bacteria they studied, Bacteroides fragilis, was recovered from a patient with ulcerative colitis, where it was found to be abundant during periods of inflammation.

Bacterial genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in bacteria, their chromosomes, plasmids, transposons and phages. Techniques that have enabled this discipline are ...

Doxycycline and minocycline are broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotics that target many of the same disease-causing bacteria ...

TETRACYCLINE is a new broad-spectrum antibiotic ... is effective in the treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia and other bacterial infections and that its toxicity is low. These encouraging results ...

Understanding how bacteria resist antibiotics lies at the crux of staying ahead in the resistance game. A research group at the New York State Health Department's Wadsworth Center in Albany offers a ...

most physicians advise their patients to use other contraceptive methods when taking tetracycline and erythromycin over the long-term. Many women seek treatment for scarring from untreated acne ...