Testing Procalcitonin Levels to Guide Antimicrobial Stewardship
April 21st 2022Investigators used procalcitonin (PCT) levels to guide antibiotic recommendations in pediatric intensive care units. PCT-guided antibiotic stewardship decreased the number of antibiotic days without leading to therapy failure.
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Addressing International Antimicrobial Resistance
March 30th 2022The Center for Global Development is launching a new working group, which aims to address antimicrobial resistance by exploring how to improve incentives for pharmaceutical companies to develop new antimicrobials for low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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Effects of Switching Antibiotics Mid-Treatment on Antimicrobial Resistance
March 9th 2022Using real-time genetic surveillance, investigators found bacterial infections rapidly develop resistance to antibiotics, only to have these gene mutations disappear within a few days of switching to a different treatment.
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