Antimicrobials News

LISBON, Portugal — An analysis of antimicrobial resistance at more than 270 U.S. hospitals found some increase during the first 20 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the prior 8 months.

LISBON, Portugal — A study found a high rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among Black and Hispanic/Latino patients in the United States, researchers reported at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

The wonderful thing about infectious disease medicine is how broad it is. Any part of the body can become infected. The terrible thing about infectious disease medicine is how broad it is. It seems vast and complicated.

Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped gram-negative rod that colonizes the gastric mucosa. H. pylori is mostly acquired in childhood before age 10 years, with more than 50% of people worldwide carrying the organism.

Prior urine culture susceptibility may help predict future antibiotic resistance in patients with recurrent UTIs, according to data presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Meeting.

Antibiotic timeouts conducted by women pharmacists were less likely to result in an antibiotic change than those conducted by men, according to data presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Meeting.

Oral tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide is noninferior to IV ertapenem for the treatment of complicated UTI and acute pyelonephritis, according to the results of a phase 3 trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Cats and dogs could be passing antibiotic-resistant bacteria and resistance genes to their owners, according to study findings that will be presented this month at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

A $1 billion public-private partnership seeking new antibiotics announced its first investments Monday.

Women who reported at least 2 months of antibiotic exposure in midlife experienced small decreases in cognition, which may be due to changes in the gut microbiome, data published in PLoS One showed.