The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced yesterday that the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) have designated the CDC's Center for Global Health as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Biosafety and Biosecurity.
US and Canadian researchers, writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine today, said they have determined that, among patients with severe manifestations of sepsis, initiation of empirical antimicrobial therapy significantly reduces the sensitivity of blood cultures drawn shortly after treatment began—underscoring the need for early diagnostic blood tests.
A study by Italian investigators in Clinical Microbiology and Infection has found that commercial methods for testing carbapenem susceptibility produced widely variable results in a sample of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli, with none satisfying the criteria for acceptable antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) performance.
CARB-X today announced funding for the development of an alternative treatment for infections caused by a multidrug-resistant strain of Escherichia coli.
A cost-effectiveness analysis indicates a Staphylococcus aureus decolonization protocol for patients undergoing hip and knee replacement could result in cost savings and fewer surgical-site infections (SSIs), Canadian researchers reported yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
Antibiotic prescribing guided by C-reactive protein testing resulted in a lower rate of those drugs for COPD exacerbations in Britain.
Ceftazidime-avibactam, meropenem-vaborbactam, and plazomicin were added as "reserve" antibiotics.
A survey of Japanese dentists indicates that attitudes toward antimicrobial prophylaxis vary widely, with many reporting going against current guidelines, Japanese researchers reported today in a letter in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The Illinois-based Joint Commission, which accredits healthcare facilities for receipt of Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, has created five new performance measures for antimicrobial stewardship requirements in ambulatory care centers, the commission announced yesterday.
A diagnostic accuracy study has determined that the T2Bacteria Panel rapidly and accurately diagnoses bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by five common pathogenic bacteria, according to a study today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
