{"id":167781,"date":"2025-02-17T14:15:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=167781"},"modified":"2025-02-17T14:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:22:23","slug":"diabetes-may-speed-up-the-rise-of-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/diabetes-may-speed-up-the-rise-of-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes May Speed Up the Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A study by microbiologists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine found that people with diabetes<\/a> mellitus are more likely to develop infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research, published in Science Advances<\/a><\/em>, reveals how the microbial environment in people with diabetes promotes resistance mutations\u2014and suggests new strategies to counteract this growing threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staphylococcus aureus<\/em>\u2014a leading cause of infections and deaths linked to antibiotic resistance\u2014is also the most common bacterial infection among diabetic patients. This chronic disease impairs blood sugar regulation and weakens the body’s ability to fight infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe observed that antibiotic resistance emerges much faster in diabetic models than non-diabetic models of the disease,\u201d said Brian Conlon, an associate professor in UNC\u2019s Department of Microbiology and Immunology and co-author of the study published this week in Science Advances<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conlon says, \u201cthis interaction between bacteria and diabetes may be a key factor in the rapid evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance we\u2019re witnessing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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