Antimicrobial-resistant infections
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Antibiotic prescriptions to Black and Hispanic/Latinx patients in the U.S. are often inappropriate
“We were really surprised mainly by the racial findings.”
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Inappropriate antibiotic use in U.S. hospitals increased during pandemic
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Black, senior patients more likely to get unneeded antibiotics
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Are ‘antibiotic diets’ good practice?
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Third-party vendor physicians more likely to prescribe antibiotics during acute care telehealth visits
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Antiseptic as good as antibiotics for preventing recurrent UTI
Using methenamine hippurate as an alternative could play an important role in helping to tackle the global problem of increasing antibiotic...
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C. difficile: New vancomycin-resistant strains raise concerns
“Our results may help explain a decreasing effectiveness of antibiotic-based therapy in C difficile infection.”
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Drug-resistant malaria is emerging in Africa. Is the world ready?
Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, it is hard to track the threat.
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Antimicrobial resistance linked to 1.2 million global deaths in 2019
“Antibiotic resistance is placing pressure on health care systems and leading to significant health loss,” said Dr. Kevin Ikuta.
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Pediatric community-acquired pneumonia: 5 days of antibiotics better than 10 days
“These data are immediately applicable to frontline clinicians,” said Dr. Derek Williams of Vanderbilt University.
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Antibiotics used in newborns despite low risk for sepsis
A large cohort study showed little difference in antibiotic use for newborns with and without low-risk delivery characteristics.