Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections

Replacing contaminated sinks did not end an outbreak of multidrug-resistant bacteria in a Japanese pediatric ward but other infection prevention measures did, such as forbidding mouth-washing using sink water, researchers reported.

BOSTON — Aztreonam-avibactam was shown to be effective in the treatment of hospitalized adults who were critically ill with multidrug-resistant, gram-negative bacterial infections, according to the results of the phase 3 REVISIT trial.

Researchers in Spain reported that nearly half of supermarket meat samples tested in a study contained multidrug-resistant or potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli.

Patients with multidrug-resistant organisms treated with fecal microbiota transplantation had shorter hospitalizations, fewer infections in their bloodstream and had easier-to-treat infections, according to an expert presenting data during a press conference in advance of Digestive Disease Week data publication.