Search results for "Antibiotic Resistance"
Antibiotic resistance--should we blame primary care or ICU physicians?
Even if we overused these antibiotics, we are unlikely to contribute to the antibiotic resistance problem. ... The antibiotic resistance problem is not a problem secondary to giving amoxicillin to sore throat patients.
September 2019
Antibiotic resistance is a global problem
The Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission on Antibiotic Resistance led by Otto Cars from the Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control has published“ Antibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions.” The stated ... goal of this 42-page
September 2019
QD: News Every Day--FDA toughens rule meant to stop antibiotic resistance
QD: News Every Day--FDA toughens rule meant to stop antibiotic resistance. ... Cephalosporins will be used in livestock only for very specific exceptions, after years of debate about the role of antibiotic resistance in farming and how it leads to new
September 2019
New strategies required to battle antibiotic overuse
First among those consequences is the growth of antibiotic resistance. According to the CDC, at least two million people each year in the United States are infected with bacteria that are ... Spellberg said. "Every physician you talk to will know that we
April 2017
Antibiotics and principles for best use
Antibiotics and principles for best use. As physicians we worry about antibiotic resistance. ... Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health concern in the US.
September 2019
Superbug threat lurks in sewer
Superbug threat lurks in sewer. The threat of antibiotic resistance is attributed mainly to the overprescribing and overuse of antibiotics, but a new study explores a new, often-overlooked, danger: sewage ... Since sewage sludge is often used as
September 2019
Mycobacterium chimaera: How big is the iceberg? And about that iceberg ...
I'll bet the image of an iceberg is the most common single image used in presentations about infection prevention and antibiotic resistance (possibly several other fields, too).
September 2019
Lifesaving antibiotics losing power due to resistant germs
Lifesaving antibiotics losing power due to resistant germs. The single most important medicine ever discovered is the antibiotic. ... Now many medical advances that we take for granted, including cancer treatment, surgery, transplantation and neonatal
September 2019
Meager and unsatisfactory
Meager and unsatisfactory. It’s nice to see antimicrobial resistance featured in a Sunday New York Times editorial—nothing that we haven’t already covered in a recent post by Eli ... If you believe that“ you can’t improve what you can’t
September 2019
The IDSA takes an admirable position in not endorsing the new sepsis guidelines
Their other major points include inadequate guidance on the use of procalcitonin, especially to limit antibiotic duration. ... I believe that injudicious antibiotic use in the ICU represents the greatest danger for antibiotic resistance.
September 2019