Drug Resistance

UVa researcher awarded $3.6 million grant to fight drug-resistant bacteria

Published in Gastroenterology Week, September 17th, 2007

A University of Virginia researcher has been awarded a $3.6 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to combat a growing international health crisis.

Dr. Richard Guerrant, founder of UVa’s Center for Global Health, plans to take a unique approach to treating the bacterium Clostridium difficile, which is growing increasingly resistant to certain antibiotics that work against bacteria of the colon. Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is a bacterium that causes diarrhea and can lead to more serious intestinal conditions such as colitis.

“This is a huge problem which has been getting worse since the mid-1980s. Previously...

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Source: Gastroenterology Week (2007-09-17)

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