Antimicrobials News

Joint replacement surgery is common for patients with arthritis or other joint injury and is usually successful in restoring function.

I’ve wanted to be a doctor, to help people, since I was 5 years old.

Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus has become an increasing problem worldwide over the last decade.

Researchers used a survey to identify more than 30 unique factors that providers consider when making antibiotic prescribing decisions for common infections in acute-care settings.

The COVID-19 pandemic reversed years of progress against antimicrobial resistance in the United States, with resistant hospital-onset infections and deaths both increasing at least 15% during the first year, according to a new CDC report.

Empiric gram-negative antibiotic use varied significantly across the United States, with high inter-hospital variability, according to a recent study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

A study of nearly 150,000 patients who presented to the ED with complicated UTIs found many were resistant to commonly used oral antibiotics, according findings published in Open Forum Infectious Disease.

The mosquito is one of the world’s most impactful forces. The breadth of transmissible diseases caused by a mosquito bite, including malaria, has helped shape human history.

In retrospect, my path to infectious diseases began before I recognized it.

Researchers in California are studying ocean plastics as a potential source of novel antibiotics.