The WHO guidance aims to spur development of in vitro diagnostic tests that can quickly and accurately identify serious bacterial infections in infants and newborns.
Among hospitalized patients in Israel, exposure to any antibiotic was associated with double the risk for C difficile infection.
The FDA has agreed to fast-track its review of gepotidacin, an oral antibiotic already approved for urinary tract infections, for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea.
Data from 412 US hospitals from 2018 through 2023 show 4.5% of patients received an antifungal, a finding researchers say warrants a specific focus on antifungal stewardship.
At three sites in Mayo Clinic's Advanced Home Care program, 75% of patients received at least one antibiotic.
Swiss biotech start-up Baxiva AG will receive $3 million to develop a multivalent glycoconjugate vaccine that targets invasive extraintestinal pathogenic E coli infections.
A decolonization intervention at three US nursing homes reduced carriage of multidrug-resistant organisms in residents, but rooms of those still colonized were highly contaminated.
Fever was shortened by 2 day in kids with upper respiratory tract infections who received a probiotic mixture compared with those who received a placebo.
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%.
