Antimicrobials News

Outpatient diverticulitis treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanate was “just as effective” as treatment with a combination of metronidazole and a fluoroquinolone, a researcher told Healio Primary Care.

Up to 32% of people who died with COVID-19 had a bacterial lung superinfection, according to findings from a review of postmortem studies.

Among adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, treatment with 7 days of oral moxifloxacin is not noninferior to a combination of IV and oral antibiotics, researchers reported.

The Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and the Pacific Islands should be prioritized for antimicrobial resistance surveillance, researchers argued in a recent study, saying surveillance in these areas is either needed or could be improved.

Almost half of the recommendations graded as “strong” in 17 current Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guidelines are based on lower-quality evidence, an analysis found.

Entasis Therapeutics recently announced the availability of an expanded access program for sulbactam-durlobactam, an investigational treatment for Acinetobacter baumannii infections, including carbapenem- and multidrug-resistant strains.

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Prescription fills for each of the 10 most prescribed outpatient antibiotics in the United States declined by up to 56% in April during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found.

More than 40% of antibiotics prescribed in Veterans Health Administration EDs and urgent care centers for acute respiratory infections were prescribed with an inappropriate indication, according to a study.

Antimicrobial consumption in aquaculture — the farming of aquatic animals for food — will increase 33% worldwide by 2030, highlighting an “urgent need” for enhanced stewardship efforts, researchers reported.