A statewide survey of hospitals and nursing homes found a high prevalence of mechanically ventilated patients colonized with Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris.
The study found more strains of multidrug-resistant E coli in municipal wastewater than in hospital wastewater.
Rates of Enterococcus bacteremia in England rose year-over-year from 2012 through 2021.
A meta-analysis finds that short-course antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia did not result in increased recurrence or relapse
Although bacterial co-infections were identified infrequently in hospitalized US COVID-19 patients, they were associated with more than double the risk of death.
Screening patients for Clostridioides difficile colonization was not useful for preventing C difficile infection, Dutch researchers report.
In Salmonella bacteria isolated from humans and food-producing animals, resistance to ampicillin, sulfonamides, and tetracyclines remained at high levels.
About 63% were prescribed empiric antibiotics, but only 7% had bacterial co-infection, and only 3% had a respiratory bacterial co-infection.
A study suggests a multidrug-resistant bacteria outbreak that sickened 4 patients and killed 3 was likely linked to a commercial water purification system.
More than 230 organizations representing healthcare providers, public health professionals, and others have sent a letter to Congress urging for steps to address antimicrobial resistance.
Patients who expected antibiotics for a respiratory infection were more likely to receive them, even during COVID-19.
The latest issue of Eurosurveillance includes 3 reports on antibiotic-resistant infections in Europe.
The test order rate per 1,000 patient-days fell from 126.5 in the pre-intervention period to 90.6 in the intervention period, a 28% reduction.
Of the 400 pets tested, 15% of dogs and 5% of cats were colonized with multidrug-resistant microbes.
The findings underscore the importance of urine testing before starting treatment and considering alternative treatments.
The low-cost lateral flow assay showed high sensitivity and specificity in 400 patients with symptoms of gonorrhea, and results were available in 30 minutes.
The portable test from Visby Medical will be able to detect gonorrhea and assess susceptibility to ciprofloxacin.
Gepotidacin showed non-inferiority in one phase 3 trial, and superiority in another, compared with first-line treatments for uncomplicated UTIs.
The CDC says other antibiotics should be considered for prevention among close contacts in areas where ciprofloxacin-resistant cases have been reported.
A population-based study in Shanghai finds COPD patients are nearly 8 times more likely to use antibiotics than the general population.
A team of researchers from Harvard is developing synthetic antibiotics enhanced to overcome resistance mechanisms.
New data from a study in low- and middle-income countries shows a dose of azithromycin before planned vaginal delivery saves more than $32,000 per 100,000 pregnancies.
At least half of US adults hospitalized with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia in 2020 received 7 days or more of antibiotics.
Data from seven US sites show a 24% decrease in adjusted CRE incidence in 2020 compared with 2016.
The rise in MDR infections is linked to traumatic war wounds, but a survey also found inadequate infection prevention and control and poor lab capacity.
