SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) in collaboration with the Korean Society of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases unveiled concerning findings about the misuse of antibiotics in adults who developed pneumonia within two days of hospitalization or ventilator use. Hospital-acquired pneumonia, defined as pneumonia [...]
Rijswijk, The Netherlands, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Summary Centrient Pharmaceuticals reached a significant milestone in the clean production of its antibiotics, with the lowest environmental impact and minimizing the potential contribution to antimicrobial resistance The company is the first to publicly announce that Its entire supply chain of oral antibiotics – including its own [...]
CHICAGO, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The removal of in-feed antibiotics from poultry and livestock production has left a huge gap in the protection of animals from the devastating effects of enteric disease. To help producers recapture this protection, Amlan International, the animal health business of Oil-Dri® Corporation of America, has launched two new natural products [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that prescribing excessive amounts of antibiotics to toddlers can cause not only resistant bacteria, but also child obesity. A research team from Seoul National University Hospital conducted a study of 31,733 toddlers who received periodic health checks between 2008 and 2012 to arrive at [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced plans to use the genetic resources of polar organisms to develop new antibiotics that suppress super bacteria resistant to existing antibiotics. In a two-year preliminary study from 2018, the Korea Polar Research Institute confirmed structural deformation of existing antibiotics using polar fungi and the possibility [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea remained the biggest consumer of antibiotics in 2016, topping the list among member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), health records showed Wednesday. The defined daily dose (DDD), a measure of usage for antibiotics, was 34.8 in South Korea, meaning 34.8 out of [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s consumption of antibiotics has been greatly reduced, a government report showed Thursday, but the country remains the top user among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries. According to the report by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the prescription rate of antibiotics for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s consumption of antibiotics edged down in 2015 but remained the highest among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the health ministry said Monday. According to the ministry, the country’s antibiotic use was tallied at 31.1 defined daily dose (DDD) per 1,000 people, meaning 31.1 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean infants are prescribed antibiotics in much higher frequency than those in other countries, the latest research report said Thursday, confirming concerns in the medical community of serious misuse that could hurt the immune system. The results show South Korean toddlers on average are prescribed antibiotics 3.41 times [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention confirmed Wednesday the presence in Korea of a “super bacteria” gene – Mobile Colistin Resistance-1 (MCR-1) – that is resistant to last-resort antibiotics. Three cases of the genes were found, according to the KCDC, after testing 9,300 samples of intestinal bacteria [...]