Antimicrobial-resistant infections
From the Journals
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.
From the Journals
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.
Latest News
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.
Opinion
The etiology of acute otitis media in young children in recent years
Because serotype 35B strains are increasingly prevalent and often antibiotic resistant, absence of this serotype from PCV15 and PCV20 is cause for...
Conference Coverage
Clinicians may overprescribe clarithromycin for H. pylori
Latest News
Managing simple febrile seizures without lumbar puncture safe: 15-year study
Researchers studied evaluation and management before and after AAP’s 2011 simple febrile seizure guidelines and found that limiting diagnostic...
Conference Coverage
A pill for C. difficile works by increasing microbiome diversity
“I think this marks a moment in this space where we’re going to have better, safer, and more available options for patients.”
Feature
Women with recurrent UTIs express fear, frustration
“There is a need for physicians to modify management strategies ... and to devote more research efforts to improving nonantibiotic options for the...
From the Journals
Time to positivity doesn’t predict mortality in bloodstream infections with enterococci
News from the FDA/CDC
Untreatable, drug-resistant fungus found in Texas and Washington, D.C.
Feature
Antimicrobial resistance threat continues during COVID-19
For some patients, the pandemic and antimicrobial resistance are intertwined.