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.
Data from 70 countries show increases in the proportion of women with secondary or higher education, and a higher proportion of women in the workforce, are associated with reduced antibiotic use.
The money from the Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome has been awarded to researchers in 17 countries.
A small-molecule protein synthesis inhibitor that targets C diff without disrupting the gut microbiome was found to be highly effective and well-tolerated in a small randomized trial.
A study of the 4 leading bacterial causes of travelers' diarrhea found high nonsusceptibility to fluoroquinolones and macrolides, particularly in parts of Asia.
A review and meta-analysis finds 68% of community pharmacies and other retail medicine outlets in sub-Saharan Africa regularly dispense antibiotics without a prescription.
In a cohort study conducted in Sweden, antibiotic-exposed newborns had a 29% increased risk of group B Streptococcus disease compared with unexposed newborns.
The money will help CARB-X continue its efforts to support development of innovative new antibiotics, preventatives, alternative treatments, and rapid diagnostics for drug-resistant bacteria.
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.
