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    Antibiotic Resistance

    V-161: A breakthrough in the fight against antibiotic-resistant VRE infections

    LABline
    Jan. 23, 2025
    V-161 targets a crucial enzyme in VRE, offering promise in combating antibiotic-resistant infections in hospital environments.
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    Antibiotic Resistance

    Facilitating antibiotic stewardship in the laboratory

    Rajasri Chandra, MS, MBA
    Aug. 26, 2024
    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 30% of all antibiotics prescribed in the United States’ acute care hospitals are either unnecessary or ...
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    Antibiotic Resistance

    Johns Hopkins Children’s Center researchers report potential new treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant TB meningitis

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    Aug. 14, 2024
    Investigators used PET scans to develop what they believe will be better use of existing drugs to target TB infections in the brain and spine.
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    Antibiotic Resistance

    Antimicrobial resistance threats in the United States, 2021-2022 fact sheet

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    July 24, 2024
    The new data describe the burden in the two following years, 2021 and 2022, and compares against 2019 data.
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    Antibiotic Resistance

    WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to human health

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    May 23, 2024
    AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites no longer respond to medicines, making people sicker and increasing the risk of disease spread, illness and deaths.
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    Antibiotic Resistance

    WHO reports widespread overuse of antibiotics in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

    LABline
    May 15, 2024
    Findings were presented in a WHO scientific poster shared at the ESCMID Global Congress.
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    Antibiotic Resistance

    Doctors underutilize next-gen antibiotics to fight resistant infections in U.S. hospitals

    LABline
    April 22, 2024
    NIH scientists find clinicians still rely often on older and toxic medicines.
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    Antibiotic Resistance

    New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir

    LABline
    March 7, 2024
    Since 2018, WHO has recommended use of dolutegravir as the preferred first- and second-line HIV treatment for all population groups.
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    Antibiotic Resistance

    Proteins suggest a path to reduce drug resistance in a form of cancer

    LABline
    Feb. 27, 2024
    Proteogenomics provides clues about acute myeloid leukemia.

    Antibiotic Resistance

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    A human neutrophil (red) containing ingested Klebsiella pneumoniae (purple). NIAID.
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