Researchers found the drug can enhance the ability of Neutrophils to clear pathogens.
Bacterial Salmonella Typhi strain H58 which has developed antibiotic resistance to older antibiotics is threatening to overrun public health.
Health experts are concerned as the bacteria spreads easily due to inadequate hygiene.
New study has found that the genes could induce antibiotic resistance in bacteria elsewhere.
Livestock producers in developing nations routinely use doses of antibiotics to keep disease away, which could allow bacteria develop drug resistance.
Researchers who developed teixobactin say a new method to identify potential antibiotics has also been established.
A high-level review paper claims drug resistance could increase the health toll on economy if left unchecked.
Health officials are deeply concerned about a strain of drug-resistant malaria that has appeared throughout South East Asia.
09 Aug '24 16:35PM