Antibiotic Resistance

Using artificial intelligence for patient triaging has the potential to streamline health care services while also tackling issues like antibiotic resistance, according to researchers.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Penny A. Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, discusses antibiotic resistance in endophthalmitis.

A polybacterial sublingual vaccine, which reduced recurrent UTI rates and had few side effects, could be useful in future clinical practice, according to researchers.

SAN DIEGO — A speaker encouraged physicians who prescribe antibiotics to take the necessary steps to curb drug resistance and reduce disparities in care.

Massachusetts health officials detected a novel strain of gonorrhea with reduced susceptibility or resistance to five antibiotic classes — the first of its kind in the United States.

Nearly 19 million adults in the United States may have long COVID, with some individuals reporting symptoms more than 1 year following their infection, according to results of a population-based study.

Infectious disease pharmacists provide a broad spectrum of services for patients, but like other health care professionals, they have faced changes since the emergence of COVID-19, and their role has expanded.

Prosthetic joint infections are a common health care complication following joint replacement surgery.

A study showed that many patients who presented to the ED with complicated UTIs were resistant to commonly used oral antibiotics.

The hypermutability of one gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa was shown to drive resistance to colistin, a discovery that researchers said may help improve their understanding of superbugs’ resistance to the last-resort antibiotic.