1 Highlights of the CDC’s 2019 antibiotic resistance threats report
The CDC has released an updated report outlining the burden of antimicrobial resistance in the USA and the greatest threats that face this country.
Browsing: Clinical > Antimicrobial Resistance
0 Phage therapy: two paths to approval
Discover more about the two routes phage therapy could take, the standardized drug approach and the personalized medicine approach, and whether either could make it to the clinic.
0 Pneumonia, ICU patients and potential treatments – an interview with Keith Kaye
In this interview we speak to Keith Kaye, from the University of Michigan (MI, USA) about the RESTORE-IMI 2 study, its results and why ICU patients represent an unmet need.
2 Bacteriophage: alternative medicine or an evidence-based alternative?
Bacteriophage have been touted as the solution for antibiotic resistant microbes, why are they not being used in mainstream medicine?
0 Could game theory be used to predict antibiotic resistance genes?
Researchers have developed a game theory approach and a machine learning algorithm to accurately identify antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria.
0 Panel discussion for World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Antimicrobial stewardship, new research and future perspectives
Panel discussion live date: Friday 15 November 2019 07:00 [PST] 10:00 [EST] 15:00 [GMT]. In this panel discussion marking World Antibiotic Awareness Week our experts will provide insights on the key topics in the current debate around antimicrobial resistance – from bench to bedside – including stewardship, drug and treatment development, resistance mechanisms and a ‘One Health’ approach.
0 IDWeek: Antibiotics before dental visits are overprescribed and increase the risk of side effects
Research has suggested that prophylactic antibiotics are overprescribed before dental visits, and that taking them could actually increase the likelihood of adverse effects.
0 IDWeek: Antibiotic-free poultry half as likely to contain multidrug-resistant Salmonella
Research from IDWeek has suggested that conventionally raised poultry is twice as likely to contain multidrug-resistant Salmonella when compared with poultry labelled antibiotic-free or organic.
1 Bacteria can lose cell walls in order to resist antibiotics
Researchers have observed a bacterial mechanism that allows bacteria to change form and resist antibiotics, without the transfer of resistance genes.
0 US FDA warns of serious liver injury linked to hepatitis C drugs: September’s industry headlines
Take a look at this month’s industry headlines including FDA warnings over hepatitis C drugs in patients with liver injury, a new infectious diseases strategy for the UK and priority review for Merck’s Ebola vaccine.
