Antimicrobials News

The front page of Infectious Disease News was dominated this year by stories about COVID-19 and its impact on health care.

The CDC announced $22 million in awards and the launch of two programs that will focus on preventing and combating antimicrobial-resistant infections.

An initiative launched in dozens of Michigan hospitals more than doubled the rate of appropriate antibiotic prescribing for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, researchers reported.

During the 2021 match cycle, a presence on Twitter and having specialized training tracks were associated with a higher likelihood of filling infectious disease fellowships programs, researchers found.

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is recognized from Nov. 18 to 24. This year, the theme is “Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance,” according to WHO.

HIV captured me during my first clinical rotation in medical school, early in the Plague Years, around the same time that AIDS was getting its name from CDC.

Many people who use drugs who are sent to skilled nursing facilities for outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy do not complete treatment, according to findings from a single-center study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

The relative prevalence of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales was 38% higher among people with HIV compared with HIV-negative patients, according to the results of a large study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

WASHINGTON – In this video, infectious disease pharmacist Kerry LaPlante, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, discusses a presentation she gave at the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress on Clostridioides difficile infection.

WASHINGTON – In this video, Cornelius (Neil) J. Clancy, MD, discusses a presentation he gave at the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress on antimicrobial use, stewardship and resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.