Antibiotic Resistance

Facilitating antibiotic stewardship in the laboratory

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 30% of all antibiotics prescribed in the United States’ acute care hospitals are either unnecessary or ...
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Antibiotic Resistance

Doctors underutilize next-gen antibiotics to fight resistant infections in U.S. hospitals

April 22, 2024
NIH scientists find clinicians still rely often on older and toxic medicines.
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Antibiotic Resistance

New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir

March 7, 2024
Since 2018, WHO has recommended use of dolutegravir as the preferred first- and second-line HIV treatment for all population groups.
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Antibiotic Resistance

Proteins suggest a path to reduce drug resistance in a form of cancer

Feb. 27, 2024
Proteogenomics provides clues about acute myeloid leukemia.
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Antibiotic Resistance

Targeting treatment resistance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Feb. 21, 2024
New study from Sylvester Cancer and collaborators shows anti-cancer compound goes beyond current BTK inhibitors.
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Antibiotic Resistance

New and highly infectious E. coli strain resistant to powerful antibiotics

Feb. 16, 2024
More infectious version of bacteria found to have caused two outbreaks in a children’s hospital in China.
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Antibiotic Resistance

World AMR Awareness Week: preventing antimicrobial resistance together

Nov. 20, 2023
AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to the active ingredients, or antimicrobial agents, in medicines used to treat them.
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Addressing STI challenges: A diagnostic update on the current landscape and future strategies

The relentless rise in curable bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) across the United States is an urgent public health crisis.1 In the latest report from the Centers...
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A human neutrophil (red) containing ingested Klebsiella pneumoniae (purple). NIAID.
Antibiotic Resistance

NIH investigates multidrug-resistant bacterium emerging in community settings

Sept. 7, 2023
Researchers study confluence of multidrug resistance and hypervirulence among Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Antibiotic Resistance