Thousands of Antibiotic Combinations Found to be More Effective than Predicted

The general tenet when trying to identify drug combinations that are effective against resistant bacteria, is that using three or more antibiotics is unlikely to be any more beneficial than using just one or two, either because interactions between the different drugs would largely cancel out any benefits, or because any additional benefits would be insignificant.Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLS) have now turned this assumption on its head, with the discovery of tho