Fosfomycin Found Able to Treat Listeria

Posted on April 29, 2006 by PritzkerLaw
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Listeria monocytogenes is rare but deadly. It has about a 25% fatality rate, higher than any other foodborne illness. According to an article in Nature Medicine, A University of Bristol team, led by Professor Jose Vazquez-Boland, has shown that one particular antibiotic - fosfomycin - can treat listeriosis, the foodborne disease caused by Listeria.

The ongoing battle with antibiotic resistence is pushing researchers to find new antibiotics to use for various bacterial foodborne diseases. If farmers continue to routinely use antibiotics, treating bacterial foodborne diseases with antibiotics will become increasingly more difficult. Viral foodborne diseases, hepatitis A and norovirus, can not be treated with antiobiotics, which are only effective against bacteria.

(Source: Nature Medicine (23 Apr 2006) Brief Communications)

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