Antibiotic Stewardship

Bugs Without Borders: The Global Challenge of MDROs

In a global economy with expansive travel networks, it is possible now for nations to quickly exchange pathogenic bacteria and viruses. These are bugs without borders, and they are becoming a public health threat that requires vigilance in surveillance, control, prevention ...More
February 8, 2013
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FDA Grants QIDP Designation to Two Cubist Phase 3 Antibiotic Candidates

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated two of the company’s Phase 3 antibiotic candidates, CXA-201 (ceftolozane/tazobactam) and CB-315, as Qualified Infectious Disease Products (QIDP). The QIDP designations will ...More
December 10, 2012
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Self-Prescription of Antibiotics Boosts Superbugs Epidemic in Europe

Antibiotics kill bacteria, not viruses. Viruses, which antibiotics do not affect, cause 9 out of 10 sore throats and 10 out of 10 cases of influenza. Taking antibiotics unnecessarily weakens their ability to work against infections when they are needed. This enables ...More
November 19, 2012
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CDC Safe Healthcare Blog Addresses Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Nursing Homes

Today on CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog, hospital epidemiologist and assistant professor Dr. Chris Crnich discusses the significant problem of inappropriate antibiotic use in nursing homes. He stresses that although provider education is needed, the complete solution must ...More
November 15, 2012
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IDSA President Blogs About Preserving Lifesaving Antibiotics Today and for the Future

It’s day three of Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2012, and today on the CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog, Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) president David A. Relman, MD, FIDSA, shares the story of a healthy, active, sixth grader whose life was taken days before his ...More
November 14, 2012
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Second Most Common Infection in the U.S. is Harder to Treat With Current Antibiotics

Certain types of bacteria responsible for causing urinary tract infections (UTIs), the second-most-common infection in the United States, are becoming more difficult to treat with current antibiotics, according to new research from Extending the Cure (ETC), a project of the ...More
November 13, 2012
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It's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week

Today on the CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog, in recognition of the 2012 Get Smart about Antibiotics Week, Ramanan Laxminarayan, PhD, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), discusses the work that Extending the Cure (ETC) has done over the ...More
November 12, 2012
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SHEA Supports CDC's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week Campaign

The quiet creep of antibiotic resistance is an increasing danger to public health. Over the last several decades, the protection against deadly infections has become limited, and in some cases, non-existent with eight known pathogens resistant to available antibiotics. ...More
November 12, 2012
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Protecting Antibiotics and Preserving Them for the Future

With antibiotic resistance increasing and a stagnant drug development pipeline, using antibiotics wisely is critical in addressing this growing public health crisis. That’s why infectious disease experts this week are helping to raise awareness about when antibiotics are ...More
November 12, 2012
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Slide Show: Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2012

We present a look at the importance of antimicrobial stewardship, the topic of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, held Nov. 12-18, 2012. ...More
November 12, 2012
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