Antimicrobial Stewardship

Antimicrobial Stewardship

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WHO issues target product profile for diagnostic tests for infant bacterial infections​
Study shows rise in US outpatient antibiotic prescribing in late COVID period​
Study: Rapid nasal-swab test cuts anti-MRSA antibiotic use in pneumonia patients​
Urgent care study highlights inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics, other medications​
Microbiota therapy shows promise against drug-resistant pathogen colonization, trial suggests​
Multidrug-resistant Salmonella strains are spreading in poultry, study suggests​
Benefits from computerized antibiotic stewardship prompt continue through hospital stay, study finds​
Canadian hospitals seeing exponential increase in superbug incidence​
High rate of antibiotic use for asymptomatic bacteriuria found at VA clinics​
Study indicates rising resistance is complicating aspergillosis treatment​
CARB-X funds development of novel diagnostic for lower respiratory tract infections​
PAHO warns antibiotic-resistant pertussis is spreading​
CARB-X funds work on rapid diagnostic platform for neonatal sepsis​
Despite decolonization efforts, nursing home rooms remain contaminated with resistant organisms​
CARB-X awards $1.1 million to phage-based product for E coli bloodstream infections​
Study finds no links between early antibiotic exposure and autoimmune diseases​
Study suggests probiotics may suppress antibiotic resistance genes in preterm infants​
Study shows high rate of antibiotic use in hospital-at-home patients​
Study confirms antibiotic exposure as major risk for C diff infection​
Data don’t support antibiotic prophylaxis for upper-GI bleeding in cirrhosis patients​