Antimicrobials News

More than 90% of cases identified in a Shigella sonnei outbreak in the United Kingdom were drug resistant, prompting calls for better stewardship of STI treatment, researchers wrote recently in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Patients treated with alternative antimicrobial prophylaxis for elective colorectal surgery faced higher rates of surgical site infections than patients who received IV beta lactam-based prophylaxis, researchers found.

Most patients when filling an antibiotic prescription are counseled to “take all of the antibiotic to complete the course, even if you feel better.”

Infectious disease pharmacists provide a broad spectrum of services for patients, but like other health care professionals, they have faced changes since the emergence of COVID-19, and their role has expanded.

I first became interested in the medical field while dissecting a frog in my junior high biology class.

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, announced Monday that he will step down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in December after 38 years in the position.

Patients with normal oxygenation levels who were treated for possible pneumonia experienced similar outcomes with an “ultrashort” course of antibiotics compared with a longer course, researchers reported recently.

Patients with COVID-19 had a higher risk for hospital-onset antibiotic-resistant infections compared with patients with influenza-like illness before the pandemic, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

A second study has shown that taking a single dose of doxycycline within 3 days of having condomless sex can prevent sexually transmitted infections.

Prosthetic joint infections are a common health care complication following joint replacement surgery.