More than half of surveyed pharmacists said they do not consistently adhere to guidelines when dispensing antibiotics.
Swiss drugmaker Basilea Pharmaceutica is receiving $29 million in BARDA funding to develop two first-in-class antifungals to treat drug-resistant fungal infections.
Updated guidelines recommend fidaxomicin as the first-line agent for C difficile infection, but researchers found use in US hospitals remains low.
The agency announced $9 million in research grants to measure the environmental and health impact of AMR in treated municipal wastewater discharge.
The analysis suggests administration of Rebyota is associated with significant restoration of microbiota and bile acid composition.
The study will collect and analyze data on war wounds linked to the conflict in Ukraine.
A survey of public health experts in 118 low- and middle-income countries indicates there are significant gaps in implementation, enforcement of AMR policies.
Diagnostics maker ID-Fish Technology says the test will improve the sensitivity of Lyme disease diagnosis without sacrificing specificity.
A single-center study finds that prolonging antibiotic treatment beyond 8 days did not improve outcomes in patients who had pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant P aeruginosa.
Researchers estimate that 66 million unnecessary outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in 2022 contributed the same emissions as driving a gas-powered car around the earth 194 times.
The small-molecule protein synthesis inhibitor CRS3121 met its primary endpoints, with high rates of clinical cure at day 12 and low rates of CDI recurrence.
Adding COVID-19–specific guidance to an established stewardship program helped cut antibiotic use by 29% after the first COVID surge.
Researchers found that 41% of Campylobacter isolates from poultry in Kenya and Tanzania were resistant to 3 or more antibiotics.
A New York resident who drank raw milk from a Pennsylvania dairy has contracted the nation's third known case of brucellosis caused by the antibiotic-resistant Brucella RB51 strain, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in a Health Alert Network (HAN) notice. The previous two illnesses occurred in 2017.
Researchers say the findings suggest the interaction between people and their pets plays a minor role in transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms.
The global health organization says the lack of rapid diagnostic tests results in undertreatment and overtreatment of gonorrhea in low-resource nations
The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) this week announced a partnership with Venatorx Pharmaceuticals to accelerate development of an investigational beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combination for treating multidrug-resistant hospital infections.
The TARGET project will use AI and deep learning to speed up the process of screening new molecules for antibiotic activity.
At 132 weeks from randomization, two bedaquiline-containing regimens maintained superiority compared with a 9-month injectable-based regimen.
A report from the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics suggests UK supermarket chains can do more to discourage routine antibiotic use on farms.
At 5 Massachusetts hospitals, prolonged antibiotic use was common during the first 33 months of the pandemic, despite low rates of proven bacterial infection.
The antibody from Chicago-based Immunartes is designed to neutralize the immune-evasive mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus.
A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that the global prevalence of reported penicillin allergy is about 9%, though most studies were from high-income countries.
Rhode Island Hospital at Brown University Health will receive $1 million to demonstrate proof of concept for a test that uses RNA sequencing to detect bacterial pneumonia from whole blood.
Though mosquitoes are known to carry Zika in Maharashtra state, the 2024 spike in cases was unusual.
