The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) yesterday issued a health alert about an increase in carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CP-CRE) cases this year. After detecting 7 each year in 2017 and 2018, officials have already confirmed 12 CP-CRE infections so far this year.
Researchers in Denmark report that the use of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) reduced hospital costs in patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI) by 42%, according to a study in Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology.
The Maryland State Senate and House of Delegates yesterday passed bills to strengthen a state law that restricts the routine use of antibiotics in animals that aren't sick.
The drug cut the incidence of C difficile by 2.4 percentage points—a 71% relative risk reduction.
Researchers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases that reductions in antibiotic use, particularly fluoroquinolones and third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins, was associated with a decrease in Clostridioides difficile rates in US acute care hospitals.
A new study led by scientists from US Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that antibiotic resistance genes persist in a beef cattle environment even 2 years after cessation of operations.
Electronically delivered prescribing feedback and decision support interventions reduced antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infection (RTI) in adults by 12%, according to the results of a clinical trial published this week in the British Medical Journal.
An ad hoc expert panel convened by the UN secretary-general in March 2017 yesterday published guidelines on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and is seeking public input, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced.
Experts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control that establishing nationwide antibiotic stewardship programs to prevent Clostridioides difficile infections in hospitals would result in an annual net benefit of $25.5 billion.
A new study by Emory University researchers reports that more than half of the patients visiting primary care clinics in the university's healthcare network with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) received antibiotics, with substantial variation in prescribing rates by site and provider. The findings were published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
