Antibiotic Resistance News

• Amoxicillin Short Course Effective for Febrile UTIs Children treated with oral antibiotics for 5 days showed similar UTI recurrence rates at 30 days posttreatment to those who received the standard 10-day course.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
• Where Is the 'Microbiome Revolution' Headed Next? Famed microbiome researcher Dr Martin J. Blaser shares what he sees as the most promising applications, and the rigorous clinical trials needed to realize them.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2023
• Acne in Primary Care: The Best of Times? The repackaging of old medications into new formulations that are easier on the skin, and the availability of combination drug creams, should improve acne care.
  Medscape Medical News, December 13, 2023
• Some Reasons to Get Off the Fence About COVID Booster Though many people remain on the fence about getting the latest COVID vaccine booster, new research suggests a strong argument for getting the shot this winter.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2023
• MSWS 2023 What's New in Acne Treatment? Advances in acne care include the use of light-based devices.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
• How the New Outbreak in China Is Hitting Clinics Elsewhere A rise in respiratory illnesses in China, clusters of pneumonia in children, and resistance to common antibiotics have specialists on alert looking for changes locally.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
• Without a Prescription: Antibiotic Misuse Common in Eurasia About a third of people surveyed used antibiotics in the last year without a prescription.
  Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2023
• Successful Penicillin Allergy Delabeling in Pediatric ED Direct oral challenge is appropriate for children requiring acute antibiotics.
  Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2023
• IDWeek 2023 Antibiotics 'Like Gold' for Some, Driving Inappropriate Use People are accessing antibiotics unsafely to self-medicate symptoms, report researchers, who say that patients need easier access to care and education about how antibiotics actually work.
  Medscape Medical News, October 16, 2023
• Biden's $100 Million Drive to Combat Drug-Resistant 'Superbugs' President Joe Biden will announce on Wednesday a $100 million research drive to fight deadly drug-resistant bacteria, according to a White House official.
  Reuters Health Information, September 27, 2023
• Three Antibiotic Regimens Show Similar Effectiveness for CAP Adults with nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) responded nearly equally to three first-line and alternative antibiotic regimens, based on data from more than 23,000 individuals.
  MDedge News, September 22, 2023
• New Antibiotic Could Combat Multidrug-Resistant Superbugs The antibiotic acts on not one but three molecules that are essential to the construction of bacterial walls.
  Medscape Medical News, September 15, 2023
• How to Optimize In-Hospital Antimicrobial Prescribing? Variability in hospital-based physicians' antimicrobial prescribing is not related to patient characteristics or clinical outcomes, new data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, August 30, 2023
• Not Every Child With Acute Sinusitis Needs Antibiotics Bacterial testing of children with acute sinusitis may cut unnecessary antibiotic use, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2023
• IAS 2023 Stopping HIV and STIs in a New Era of Care Is it time to add the antibiotic doxycycline post exposure for more STIs? Doxy-PEP use is a clinical controversy that will be debated at the upcoming International AIDS Society Conference.
  Medscape Medical News, July 21, 2023
• Boosting Survival in Patients With Mycobacterium Avium Patients infected with Mycobacterium avium complex species with microbiological cure had lower mortality over 3 years.
  Medscape Medical News, June 27, 2023
• ILC 2023 FMT Modifies Gut Microbiome, Reduces Ammonia in Cirrhosis Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) promotes restoration of the gut microbiota, enzymes, and immune responses, and reduces ammonia build-up in patients with cirrhosis, a pilot study found.
  Medscape Medical News, June 23, 2023
• FDA Passes on Olorofim Despite Critical Need for Antifungals It is hard to hurt fungus without being toxic to other human cells, point out infectious disease experts, who say they urgently need new treatment options.
  Medscape Medical News, June 21, 2023
• Probiotics Raise Concerns in Vulnerable Populations Research is still needed to understand the safety of probiotics in patients such as such as newborns, pregnant women, and the immunocompromised.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2023
• Virtual Care Not Linked With Greater ED Use During Pandemic A recent analysis found an inverse relationship between patients' emergency department use and physicians' use of telemedicine.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2023
• Antibiotic Combo Raises Kidney Injury Risk in the ICU The risk of acute kidney injury was greatest with treatment of 48 hours or longer.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2023
• FDA Panel Backs Innoviva's Drug for Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections The panel on Monday unanimously voted in favor of Innoviva's experimental antibiotic in the treatment of serious bacterial infections, typically associated with hospitalizations, the company said.
  Reuters Health Information, April 17, 2023
• GSK's Antibiotic Drug to Treat Uncomplicated UTIs Meets Main Goals GSK said on Saturday its oral antibiotic drug to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections in female adults and adolescents met the main goals in late-stage trials.
  Reuters Health Information, April 15, 2023
• Antimicrobial Resistance Requires a Manifold Response If inappropriate prescribing practices and the lack of diagnostic laboratories are not overcome, "we're going to miss out on those drugs as soon as they become available," said a WHO official.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2023