Antimicrobial Stewardship

Antimicrobial Stewardship

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New online hub for antimicrobial resistance data launches​
WHO warns of rising, worrisome levels of drug-resistant gonorrhea​
Post-trial data highlight doxyPEP resistance concerns​
Preventive non–beta-lactam antibiotics linked to higher risk of surgical-site infections​
Antimicrobial peptides show promise against Salmonella in chickens, study finds​
FDA approves new IV antibiotic for complicated urinary tract infections​
Study: Demographic shifts will fuel increase in drug-resistant bloodstream infections in Europe​
Study links race, inequality to higher risk of drug-resistant infections​
Sales data show antibiotic consumption rising in Southeast Asia, Africa​
C difficile deaths more common among Whites, people in large urban areas​
Dentists prescribed fewer inappropriate antibiotics after educational course, small study shows​
Sinusitis patients often receive antibiotics, even when they don’t need them​
Neonatal sepsis trial launches in India​
Trial data support oral transition therapy in patients with complicated UTIs​
Study highlights global burden of Staph aureus respiratory infections, including MRSA​
Antibiotics provide the same relief as a placebo for lower back pain, trial finds​
Rapid diagnostic tests aren’t a ‘silver bullet’ for unnecessary antibiotics, trial finds​
Study suggests hand hygiene is enough for preventing drug-resistant infections in NICUs​
Study: Azithromycin use in late pregnancy may pose less risk of neurologic issues in babies than other antibiotics​
VA studies highlight collaborative antimicrobial stewardship effort​