Search results for "Antimicrobial Resistance"
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
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September 25, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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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
August 2015
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COVID-19 stalls progress made against antimicrobial resistance in U.S.
Antimicrobial-resistant infections and deaths related to hospitalization both increased by at least 15% during the first year of the pandemic, according to a recent CDC report.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/20/free/covid-19-stalls-progress-made-against-antimicrobial-resistance-in-us.htm
20 Jul 2022
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
For BSI, seven days of antibiotics noninferior to 14 days, even in ICU patients
Ninety-day mortality was 14.5% among patients randomized to seven days of antibiotics for a bloodstream infection (BSI) compared to 16.1% in those assigned to 14 days of medication, a large international trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/27/for-bsi-seven-days-of-antibiotics-noninferior-to-14-days-even-in-icu-patients.htm
27 Nov 2024
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