Search results for "Antimicrobial Resistance"
August 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/
Incidence of several multidrug-resistant infections in U.S. inpatients declined in recent years
From 2012 to 2017, there was a substantial decrease in the number of infections with several multidrug-resistant pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/08/5.htm
8 Apr 2020
Deaths from antimicrobial resistance could rise by nearly 70% by 2050, study finds
Between 1990 and 2021, deaths from antimicrobial resistance decreased by more than 50% among children under age five years but increased by more than 80% among adults ages 70 years and older, a global study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/25/deaths-from-antimicrobial-resistance-could-rise-by-nearly-70percent-by-2050-study-finds.htm
25 Sep 2024
Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis may not reduce risk of surgical-site infection
Findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 52 studies support World Health Organization recommendations against continuing surgical antibiotic prophylaxis postoperatively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/03/4.htm
3 Jun 2020
July 20, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/20/
June 21, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/
Bloodstream infections resistant to all first-line drugs lead to higher mortality
The study focused on difficult-to-treat resistance, which the authors defined as gram-negative infections that were intermediate/resistant in vitro to all beta-lactam categories, including carbapenems, and fluoroquinolones.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/01/3.htm
1 Aug 2018
Drug-resistant infections increased during pandemic, remained high, CDC reports
Hospital-onset cases of Candida auris increased nearly fivefold from 2019 to 2022, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was the only studied resistant infection that is not elevated above prepandemic levels, a CDC fact sheet said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/24/drug-resistant-infections-increased-during-pandemic-remained-high-cdc-reports.htm
24 Jul 2024
New guidance issued on antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative infections
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's updated recommendations focus on several types of resistant Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa with difficult-to-treat resistance, carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/14/new-guidance-issued-on-antimicrobial-resistant-gram-negative-infections.htm
14 Aug 2024
Guidelines released on management of empyema
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery offered recommendations related to clinical presentation, imaging studies, laboratory and pleural fluid analysis, and treatment in patients with possible empyema.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/03/3.htm
3 May 2017