Antimicrobials News

After assessing Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections, researchers are calling for more rapid identification methods to find patients with resistant infections because choosing the wrong first antibiotics increases mortality risk.

PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Claudine Kabera, MPH, an epidemiologist at the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, discusses the U.S. government’s efforts to monitor the food supply for antimicrobial resistance.

PHILADELPHIA — At this year’s World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress, Ricardo Chaves, MD, PhD, the executive medical director of clinical development at Debiopharm, moderated a panel on novel antibiotics.

A pediatric health care system totaled more than $250,000 in antibiotic waste over the course of 2 years — most of it on discarded antibiotics, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Bruce Y. Lee, MD, MBA, discusses a panel he moderated at the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress on how to move the topic of antimicrobial resistance to the forefront in conversations about preparedness.

I think it was in 1965 — so, a long time ago — that I finished my internship in the U.K. and wanted to do something a little bit more interesting than staying on the usual rotation through jobs.

More than 211 million outpatient oral antibiotic prescriptions were written in 2021, according to the CDC. Data show that around 30% of outpatient prescriptions are inappropriate.

Cephalexin given twice daily is as effective as a regimen of four daily doses for treating women with uncomplicated UTIs, researchers reported.

For the latest story in our “Life during COVID” series, we asked experts to describe the impact the pandemic has had on patient health and the practice of medicine in the United States.

Inpatient antimicrobial use in U.S. hospitals increased both overall and among specific commonly used antibiotics during peak waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported.