Aggressive Antibiotics in Palliative Care: Pneumonia Outcomes Defy Expectations in Acute Units
A retrospective Italian study finds that intensive antibiotic treatment of pneumonia in a frail advanced-cancer population led to clinical resolution ...
Tag: antimicrobial stewardship
Childhood UTI Bacteria Show Soaring Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Six-Year Hospital Study
A six-year analysis of over 10,000 pediatric urine isolates at a Turkish tertiary hospital finds ciprofloxacin resistance in E. coli ...
Old Antibiotics Fight Back as ICU Bloodstream Infections Turn Resistant
A single-center ICU study found that 85.4 percent of Gram-negative bloodstream isolates were carbapenem-resistant, with amikacin and colistin retaining only ...
Rapid PCR Test Delivers Joint Infection Answers in Hours Instead of Weeks
A rapid PCR-based molecular test on sonication fluid from revised joint implants delivered results within hours and showed high clinically ...
Fifteen Years of Data Reveal an Alarming Rise of Drug-Resistant E. coli Across Iran
A meta-analysis of 368 studies and over 43,000 isolates shows antimicrobial-resistant E. coli is entrenched across Iranian humans, animals, and ...
New national sepsis guidelines aim to standardize hospital care and curb a killer of 350,000 Americans each year
New guidelines led by a UVA Health physician and nine professional societies set standardized hospital practices, from rapid molecular testing ...
Antibiotic Overuse Exposed on Nigeria’s Fish-Chicken Farms Where Waste Feeds the Pond
A survey of integrated fish-chicken farms in southwestern Nigeria reveals heavy use of critically important antibiotics, poor biosecurity, and a ...
Smart Early Warning System Sharpens Hospital Infection Surveillance, Study Finds
A Chinese tertiary hospital study found that an intelligent early warning system combined with a multidisciplinary infection control team significantly ...
Pharmacists Reach Landmark Consensus on Child Medication Safety Priorities
A two-round Delphi consensus among nineteen Saudi pediatric clinical pharmacists has produced seventy validated and fifteen top-priority recommendations for preventing ...
Deadly Brain Infection From Soil Bacteria Exposed by Tamil Nadu Outbreak
A new review of neuromelioidosis in Tamil Nadu reveals how the soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei invades the nervous system, drove ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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