Infection Control Today - Antibiotics

Engineers Design Nanoparticles that Deliver High Doses of Antibiotics Directly to Bacteria

Over the past several decades, scientists have faced challenges in developing new antibiotics even as bacteria have become increasingly resistant to existing drugs. One strategy that might combat such resistance would be to overwhelm bacterial defenses by using highly ...More

May 4, 2012

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Bacteria Discovery Could Lead to Antibiotics Alternatives

Scientists have discovered an Achilles heel within our cells that bacteria are able to exploit to cause and spread infection. The researchers say their findings could lead to the development of new anti-infective drugs as alternatives to antibiotics whose overuse has led to ...More

May 4, 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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Oral Use of Antibiotic Fluoroquinolones Associated With Increased Risk of Retinal Detachment

In an analysis of a cohort that included nearly 1 million patients who had visited an ophthalmologist, patients who were taking oral fluoroquinolones had a higher risk of developing a retinal detachment, a serious eye condition, compared with nonusers, although the absolute ...More

April 3, 2012

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Recent Antibiotic Exposure Associated with Increased Hospital Costs in Gram-Negative Bacteremia

Prior antibiotic exposure has been associated with the emergence of antibiotixc resistance in subsequent bacterial infections, whose outcomes are typically worse than similar infections with more antibiotic susceptible infections. The influence of prior antibiotic exposure ...More

March 30, 2012

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Team Discovers How Bacteria Resist a 'Trojan Horse' Antibiotic

A new study describes how bacteria use a previously unknown means to defeat an antibiotic. The researchers found that the bacteria have modified a common “housekeeping” enzyme in a way that enables the enzyme to recognize and disarm the antibiotic. The study appears in the ...More

March 19, 2012

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Infection Prevention Groups Outline Steps Needed to Preserve Antibiotics

Infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiologists play key roles in promoting effective antimicrobial stewardship in collaboration with other health professionals, according to a joint position paper published today by the Association for Professionals in Infection ...More

March 19, 2012

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Infectious Disease Experts Call for Increased Focus on Antibiotic Stewardship

As the supply of life-saving antibiotics becomes increasingly threatened, infectious diseases experts urge healthcare systems and policymakers to step up efforts to protect patients by preserving the effectiveness of available antibiotics through antimicrobial stewardship ...More

March 15, 2012

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Monitoring Antibiotic Use Cuts Millions in Wasteful Spending, Study Finds

Curbing unnecessary use of antibiotics is our best defense against the spread of drug-resistant infections. A new study suggests another benefit to antimicrobial stewardship: a potential cost savings of millions of dollars now wasted on therapies that don’t help patients. ...More

March 15, 2012

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Treatment of Intestinal E. Coli Infection With Antibiotic Reduces Duration of Bacterial Carriage

In the E. coli outbreak in Germany in May 2011, treatment with azithromycin was associated with a lower frequency of long-term carriage of the bacteria and shorter duration of shedding of the bacteria in stool specimens, according to a study in the March 14 issue of JAMA. ...More

March 13, 2012

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