Antimicrobials News

The American Urological Association has issued guidelines for the management of recurrent UTI for the first time, providing clinicians with recommendations for the evaluation and management of female patients with the condition, according to an article recently published in the Journal of Urology.

Oral antibiotics did not affect the immunogenicity of the rotavirus vaccine in infants, according to findings published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.

Researchers discovered fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in 8.8% of fecal samples collected from healthy adult women with no recent documented UTI, mostly from two pandemic strains, according to findings published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Biopharmaceutical company Appili Therapeutics Inc. announced that it will receive a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to fund its AT1-1503 antibiotic program, which targets gram-negative ESKAPE pathogens.

Findings from a 14-year study at an infectious disease clinic outside Baltimore suggest many patients may be incorrectly diagnosed with Lyme disease and prescribed unnecessary antibiotics, researchers said.

The use of point-of-care testing for C-reactive protein to guide treatment lessened the use of antibiotics for COPD exacerbations without worsening clinical outcomes, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Two thirds of hospitalized pneumonia patients receive longer durations of antibiotic therapy than necessary, which may increase their risk for adverse events according to results published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Researcher found that approximately one-fifth of patients diagnosed with a viral respiratory infection during a 6-month period in three California EDs were nevertheless prescribed antibiotics.

A clinical report recently published in Pediatrics on the management and prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease affirmed the AAP’s support for testing all pregnant women for GBS so that antibiotic therapy can be given during labor to prevent transmission to newborns.

Since 2003, rates of MRSA colonization have “steadily decreased,” whereas rates of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, or VRE, almost tripled in nursing facilities in southeastern Michigan, according to findings published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.