Antimicrobial Stewardship

Neonatal vancomycin trial found loading with more frequent dosing over shorter time comparable to standard regimen but adversely affected hearing.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) released new expert-informed guidelines for treating antimicrobial-resistant AmpC β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (AmpC-E), carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections.

The report on antimicrobial resistance finds new therapeutics are "essential to future of clinical medicine" but may not be viable in present market.

As providers were challenged to care for patients with severe COVID-19 In the first year of the pandemic, antibiotic usage increased. Listen to clinicians talk about this specific challenge and how prescribing practices evolved over time.

The report assesses progress of a US national action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance, called for by 2015 World Health Assembly.

From its origins as a serendipitous discovery to being successfully prescribed for nearly a century, antibiotics remain a foundation of medicine. However it has major ongoing challenges including the rise of superbugs and the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). There are some prospective strategies to combat AMR on the horizon.

Providers and key stakeholders weigh in on this significant topic.

The European Center for Diseases Prevention and Control published data today showing the greatest decrease in antibiotic consumption in 2 decades coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the second installment discussing this report, the authors point out that the approval of new diagnostics can help facilitate better stewardship.

The National Academies report reviews several challenges, and ways to overcome them for optimal antimicrobial stewardship.

CEO Christopher Burns spoke about their investigational therapy pipeline, the long view perspective for the company, and how the federal government’s use of the nomenclature innovation might actually hinder incremental improvements in antibiotic development.

Betsy Wonderly-Trainor discusses CARB-X's mission to fund novel antibiotics, preventatives, and diagnostics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.

India is the world’s leading consumer of antibiotics, and Amita Gupta, MD, is researching how the country can best mitigate the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

Antimicrobial stewardship efforts need infectious disease doctors, but they are in short supply. Telehealth may be the answer.

Dr. Nicola Petrosillo discusses treating C difficile infection and maintaining antimicrobial stewardship during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

Here is a review the mechanisms that lead to resistance, including risk factors.

The American Dental Association (ADA) has updated patient profiles on who should be indicated for antibiotic prophylaxis.