June 25th 2025
Marketed as Orlynvah, oral sulopenem from Iterum Therapeutics was FDA approved last fall for uncomplicated urinary tract infections and has shown efficacy against infections caused by Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis.
Are Deadly Bacterial Infections Linked to Heavy Drinking?
March 17th 2017A study suggests that heavy drinkers receiving treatment injections for their condition may be more susceptible to acquiring an antibiotic-resistant infection with Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens, which can be fatal.
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Patients with Beta-Lactam Allergy Need Unique Antimicrobial Stewardship
March 15th 2017On March 5, 2017, at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) in Atlanta, Georgia, researchers from Rush University presented findings on the efficacy of a new guideline, which aimed to detect whether self-reported beta-lactam allergies were, in essence, unpleasant side-effects to the drugs.
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Schuchat Warns Loss of DHHS Fund Could Have Profound Impact on Infectious Disease Prevention
March 14th 2017It has been reported that the new healthcare reform bill could eviscerate the US Department of Health and Human Service’s Prevention and Public Health Fund, which, among other things, funds roughly 12% of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s budget.
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Beta-Lactam Allergy Linked to Worse Clinical Outcomes
March 13th 2017On March 5, 2017, at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), Gary Huang, MD, PhD, explained his research team's findings regarding self-reported allergy to drugs containing β-lactams.
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Doctors Without Borders Funds TB Research Amid Controversy on WHO Priority Pathogens List
March 13th 2017In late February, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its first list of Priority Pathogens, for which research and development is strongly needed. Not included on the list is tuberculosis, which has been acknowledged as one of the leading killers around the world. Naturally, many individuals working in public health and infectious disease are objecting to the exclusion.
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Researchers Find That Antibiotics Should Not Be Taken for Traveler's Diarrhea
February 27th 2017The results of a new study show that taking antibiotics for traveler’s diarrhea could increase the risk of acquiring an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL) infection.
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For Which Infections is Ceftazidime-Avibactam Approved?
February 13th 2017Madeline King, PharmD, assistant professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of the Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, explains for which infections ceftazidime-avibactam is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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New Tools to Diagnose Superbugs Called for at World Economic Forum
January 30th 2017The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and medical technology industry partners have announced new efforts to better diagnose bacterial infections at the recent World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Preferred Antibiotics for Community-Acquired Pneumonia
January 24th 2017Researchers from the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center in Utrecht, The Netherlands, examine the cost-effectiveness of the most commonly used treatments for community-acquired pneumonia.
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Dangerous Superbugs Continue to Evolve and Spread More Than Previously Thought
January 18th 2017Researchers from Massachusetts have found that carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae have more genetic traits that enable antibiotic-resistance than previously thought and these traits are easily transferred among species.
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MRSA Cases Decline Across Veterans Health Administration Facilities Nationwide
January 13th 2017An initiative from the Veterans Health Administration to reduce methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other healthcare-associated infections in the facilities has led to marked infection reduction around the country.
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