COVID-19 Reverses Progress in Fight against Antimicrobial Resistance in US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hospitalization related infections grew 15 percent from 2019 to 2020
Antibiotics
Mitigating Global Disparities in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Marie-Françoise Gros, MD, MBA
What happens when the antibiotics we depend on are no longer effective?
An Enemy Within: Pathogens Hide in Tissue
University of Basel
A research group has now discovered why some bacteria can survive antibiotic therapy
Test Determines Antibiotic Resistance in Less than 90 Minutes
Washington State University
Speed of new technique a dramatic improvement from the one to two days required by current methods
Preoperative Screening Urinalysis Is Widely Used—but Usually Unnecessary
Massachusetts General Hospital
Common COVID-19 Antibiotic No More Effective than Placebo
University of California - San Francisco
Outpatient study found limited effect of azithromycin on progression of disease
New Test Accurately Distinguishes between Bacterial and Viral Infections
Miriam Bergeret, MSc
Providing results in 45 minutes, the new test could be used at the point of care to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use
Research Establishes Antibiotic Potential for Cannabis Molecule
University of Queensland
Synthetic CBD was shown to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhea, meningitis, and Legionnaires’ disease
New Imaging Method Reveals If Antibiotics Reach Bacteria inside Tissues
The Francis Crick Institute
The new method could be used to help develop more effective antibiotic treatments
With COVID-19 Exacerbating Superbug Threat, Researchers ID New Weapon
University of Colorado Boulder
In a new study, researchers unveil a chemical compound that can help fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria