Researchers found "exceedingly high" levels of gonococcal tetracycline resistance in 8 African and Asian countries.
Burn victims are being treated at hospitals throughout Europe, and officials are urging proper precautions be taken to protect against the spread of resistant bacteria.
Beta-lactam allergy labels were associated with higher rates of surgical-site infection and infection or colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria and C difficile.
Patients with immunocompromised status and prior hospitalization for C difficile were among those at increased risk of antibiotic exposure following FMT.
Over a 10-year period, 84% of C diff patients in Australia who were treated with FMT achieved primary cure.
A review and meta-analysis finds Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi samples from human infections in Pakistan were highly resistant to first-line and other commonly used antibiotics.
A survey of the province's public hospitals and microbiology labs finds that the rate of new patients with carbapenemase-producing organisms doubled from 2022 to 2023.
Compared with nonusers, frequent antibiotic users preferred to act in uncertain medical situations, rather than watch and wait.
A review and meta-analysis of 4 randomized controlled trials finds 7 days is noninferior to 14 days of antibiotics.
The novel antibiotic class could be active against the vast majority of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales infections.
A study of 40 female sex workers reveals that a single daily dose of doxycycline is associated with significantly reduced STIs, primarily syphilis.
In Kenyan children who received azithromycin after hospital discharge, the presence of a macrolide-resistance gene was tied to higher risk of re-hospitalization or death.
In US NICUs, incidence of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection was 20 times higher in very low birth weight infants than in those weighing 3.3 pounds or more.
A review of 600 US patients treated for suspected sepsis found 32% most likely didn't have a bacterial infection, while nearly 80% with a bacterial infection received overly broad antibiotics.
The study authors say the findings highlight the complex and multifaceted nature of antibiotic resistance in group B strep.
US hospital data from 2018 through 2022 show that carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii accounted for more than a third of all Acinetobacter infections.
Among more than 26,000 US children who had acute infective conjunctivitis in 2021, topical antibiotics were dispensed to 69%.
A point prevalence survey of long-term care facilities in 18 European countries found 3.1% of residents had at least one healthcare-associated infection.
A study at a sexual health clinic finds that significant declines in chlamydia and syphilis were sustained nearly 2 years after doxy-PEP was introduced.
A review and meta-analysis finds mass biannual azithromycin distribution reduced mortality by 15% in children ages 1 to 5 in sub-Saharan Africa.
A breath test would be less invasive than the traditional method of using mucus or phlegm samples from the lungs of CF patients.
UK health officials say 17 cases of ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhea were reported from January 2024 to March 20, 2025, compared with 16 in all of 2022 and 2023.
A coalition of groups sent a letter to the HHS secretary outlining steps he should take to reduce antibiotic use in food-producing animals.
Researchers find that air samples from pig and poultry farms and nearby residential areas in China are highly enriched with antibiotic resistance genes.
In a small study, CF patients treated with the therapy saw a reduction in multidrug-resistant lung bacteria and improved lung function.
