The study also recovered C difficile spores from patient gowns and surgical scrubs, suggesting those items could be vectors for hospital transmission.
Two new strains of highly resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae have emerged and spread in Greek hospitals since 2019, driven by within-hospital transmission.
The mass media campaign helped improve knowledge about antimicrobial resistance and attitudes regarding inappropriate antibiotic use.
Antimicrobial sales for pigs and aquaculture, however, rose by 15% and 74%, respectively.
The report also focused on resistance in key bacteria, including Salmonella, E coli, and Campylobacter.
The team will study more than 16,000 isolates collected from 50 US nursing homes to identify key sources and drivers of multi drug resistant-organism spread.
The single-center study suggests that hospital sinks and showers may play in spreading carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE).
BWC0977 has shown the potential for patients with serious infections caused by pathogens that are resistant to multiple classes of antibiotics and are increasingly difficult to treat.
The newly added medications include pretomanid, a new drug for highly resistant TB, as well as bedaquiline, linezolid, and moxifloxacin.
Scientists suggest the bacteria are an underrated cause of bloodstream infections and septic shock, and more study is needed to understand why.
The authors said pairing rapid tests with early algorithm-based management can significantly reduce healthcare resource use.
While only 58% of respondents had heard of the payment model, 70% said it was a good step, 69% said it would improve treatment, and 58% said it would help stimulate new antibiotics.
Researchers used a membrane contaminated with MRSA to mimic a bed bug feeding through the skin of a host colonized with the drug-resistant pathogen.
If approved, the product would be the first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine specifically designed for adults.
Use of a rapid PCR test in patients with infectious diarrhea did not reduce antibiotic use compared with stool culture, but the findings might not be generalizable.
Quaternary-ammonium disinfectants, which are widely used in US hospitals, were less effective.
Full or partial adherence to all 7 CDC core elements was reported in only 29% of the hospitals, and 24% had at least 2 deficient core elements.
Using long-read sequencing, the group found that 15% of E coli O157:H7 fecal samples harbored AMR genes.
The authors say the reasons for this difference are likely multifactorial, though difference in educational emphasis on antibiotic stewardship may play a role.
The FDA has accepted for priority review Venatorx's cefepime-taniborbactam antibiotic combination for treating complicated urinary tract infections.
The grant focuses on infections caused by Staphylococcus, including MRSA, and Candida, an invasive fungus that is often drug-resistant.
The Fleming Fund will provide up to $267.5 million to boost antimicrobial resistance surveillance capacity.
Overall, the antibiotic prescribing rate was 53% in the testing group and 55% in the control group.
The vast majority of patients had community-onset invasive E coli (94%) and required hospitalization (97%), with 32% of patients needing ICU treatment.
Amoxicillin and clindamycin were the most prevalent antibiotics prescribed (63% and 14%, respectively).
