Infection Control Today - Antibiotic Resistance

IDSA Commends Bipartisan Agreement on FDA Safety and Innovation Act

Thomas G. Slama, MD, FIDSA, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), issued the following statement today: "In a critical move in the fight against antibiotic resistance, House and Senate members announced a bipartisan agreement on the Food and Drug ...More

June 19, 2012

Posted in News

Antimicrobial Resistance for Common UTI Drug Increases Five-fold Since 2000

In a surveillance study of over 12 million bacteria, investigators at The George Washington University and Providence Hospital found E. coli antimicrobial resistance to ciprofloxacin, the most commonly prescribed antimicrobial for urinary tract infections in the U.S., ...More

April 30, 2012

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Antibiotic Resistance Flourishes in Freshwater Systems

The children's book author Dr. Seuss may have been on to something when he imagined that microscopic communities could live and flourish on small specs of dust, barely visible to the naked eye. In fact, such vibrant communities exist – in a material with a Seussical ...More

April 25, 2012

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FDA to Promote Judicious Antimicrobial Use

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it is taking three steps to protect public health and promote the judicious use of medically important antibiotics in food-producing animals. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria or other microbes develop ...More

April 11, 2012

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IDSA Asking Physicians to Speak Up About Antibiotic Stewardship

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is asking physicians all over the country to speak up and contact Congress about the urgent need for a new drug approval pathway for desperately needed antibiotics. The “Special Population Limited Medical Use (SPLMU)” ...More

March 29, 2012

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IDSA Issues Rhinosinusitis Guidelines to Help Doctors Distinguish Between Bacterial and Viral Cause

The vast majority of sinus infections are caused by viruses and should not be treated with antibiotics, suggest new guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Nearly 1 in 7 people are diagnosed with a sinus infection each year. Although sinus ...More

March 21, 2012

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Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Proliferate in Agricultural Soils

Infectious diseases kill roughly 13 million people worldwide, annually, a toll that continues to rise, aided and abetted by resistance genes. Now a study, published in the March 2012 issue of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy finds reservoirs of resistance in ...More

March 20, 2012

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IDSA Proposes New Pathway for Antibiotic Approval

Congress will consider a new drug approval pathway to encourage development of critically needed, lifesaving antibiotics as part of an overall strategy for addressing the public health crisis of antibiotic resistance. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) ...More

March 8, 2012

Posted in News

Experts Ponder a World Without Antibiotics, Lack of Hand Hygiene and Hidden Cross Transmission

Jean Carlet, a consultant with the WHO African Partnerships for Patient Safety, and colleagues, observe in an editorial in the journal Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, that resistance to antibiotics has increased dramatically over the past few years and has ...More

March 2, 2012

Posted in News, Hand Hygiene

CHI Issues New Report on Antibiotic Discovery and Development Initiative

California Healthcare Institute (CHI) announces that it has produced a new report on the importance of promoting antibiotic discovery and development to combat the growing threat of antibiotic resistance and emerging pathogens that are highly resistant to known antibiotics. ...More

March 2, 2012

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