Latest News
The UK’s Health & Social Care Select Committee has concluded that antimicrobial resistance should be established as a ‘top five policy priority’ for the UK Government.
Small molecules that block bacterial toxin formation have shown promise against Gram-positive bacteria in mouse models.
A team from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University has used cryo-EM to model the nucleocapsid protein of Ebola virus, potentially uncovering novel drug targets.
Journal Articles
In this interview, take a look behind the scenes of a recent Future Microbiology paper on the emergence of antifungal resistance and what can be done in response with author, Justin Beardsley.
In this interview, take a look behind the scenes of a recent Future Microbiology paper on antibiotic resistance targets for point-of-care diagnostics with author, John P. Hays.
Here we review five of your favorite and most-read pieces from Future Microbiology from last year, give you access to the articles and provide an update from the authors on how their work is progressing.
Bacterial
Antimicrobial resistance should be a ‘top five policy priority’
Blocking toxin formation – a treatment for Gram-positive pathogens?
Hospital plumbing as a reservoir for resistance – an interview with Amy Mathers
Clostridium Difficile Infection
Conference Report – 14th Biennial Congress of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas
Organoids: a new model to study infectious diseases?
Microbiome therapeutics – the pipeline for C. difficile infection
E. Coli
Nanoplasmonics used for monitoring biofilm formation
Novel models for enteric infections – an interview with the Faherty Lab
H. Pylori
Organoids: a new model to study infectious diseases?
MRSA
Blocking toxin formation – a treatment for Gram-positive pathogens?
Could antimicrobial photodynamic therapy be used to treat MRSA infected wounds?
ASM Microbe: How do bacteria ‘eat’ bone to sustain invasive infection?
Salmonella
Novel models for enteric infections – an interview with the Faherty Lab
Tuberculosis
Highlights of the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report
Tuberculosis care: variation and deficits uncovered in urban India
Fungal
#TalkFungi – catch up on the Twitter chat for Fungal Awareness Week
Think Fungus: Fungal Disease Awareness Week Twitter Chat #TalkFungi
A peek behind the paper –Justin Beardsley on responding to antifungal drug resistance
Aspergillosis
#TalkFungi – catch up on the Twitter chat for Fungal Awareness Week
Novel antifungal presents opportunities for treating aspergillosis
Understanding molecular causes of antifungal resistance in A. fumigatus
Candidiasis
#TalkFungi – catch up on the Twitter chat for Fungal Awareness Week
Update on Candida auris – an interview with Ana Litvintseva
ECCMID18: Multi-use thermometers linked to large UK Candida auris outbreak
Coccidioidomycosis
#TalkFungi – catch up on the Twitter chat for Fungal Awareness Week
Identification of membrane proteome of Paracoccidioides lutzii and its regulation by zinc
Cryptococcal Meningitis
#TalkFungi – catch up on the Twitter chat for Fungal Awareness Week
Parasitic
CRISPR–Cas9 gene drive used to collapse malaria-carrying mosquito populations
Drug candidates identified for the prevention of malarial parasite maturation
Helminthic Infections
Conference report – London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research Anniversary Event
ISNTD – Female Genital Schistosomiasis: The most neglected gynaecological disease
Conference report – British Society for Parasitology Autumn Symposium
Malaria
CRISPR–Cas9 gene drive used to collapse malaria-carrying mosquito populations
Drug candidates identified for the prevention of malarial parasite maturation
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Visceral leishmaniasis reported to be on the rise in Brazil
From TB to leprosy: financial model reveals where pipelines and investments might fall short
7-year trial discovers ocular chlamydia infection rebounds after azithromycin cessation
Protozoan Infections
CRISPR–Cas9 gene drive used to collapse malaria-carrying mosquito populations
Genomics in malaria – an interview with Dyann Wirth
Cerebral malaria: attenuating brain injury and mortality with neuregulin-1
Viral
IDWeek: Opioid-using youth could miss out on hepatitis C screening and treatment
Hepatitis
IDWeek: Opioid-using youth could miss out on hepatitis C screening and treatment
Herpes
HR-HPV oral infection rates in England are lower than expected
A peek behind the paper – Lynn Enquist on the lifecycle of alpha herpesvirus
