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Authors of a retrospective study attempted to assess the use of anti-MRSA empiric therapy for patients hospitalized with pneumonia vs. traditional broad-spectrum empiric therapy. They reported [...]

In this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, there is a brief correspondence, “Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in Australia among Men Who Have Sex with Men”. The authors [...]

Epidemiologists in India are raising the alarm for leukemia patients around their country.  CRE (carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae) infections in India now kill 2/3 of patients with [...]

During U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week this week, people around the world united in raising awareness around antibiotic prescribing and use. The annual observance is coming to an end, but CDC’s [...]

This USAID news article from Feed the Future highlights three crop diseases that may well impact global food security.  From these and additional threats to the world’s food supply, the U.S. [...]

Patients with infections caused by antibiotic resistance pathogens in the US is increasing.  The morbidity and mortality continues to increase as more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant [...]

Researchers at the Harborview Med. Center in Seattle examined patients with gastroenteritis.  A subgroup, those men having sex with men (MSM) presented with a greater prevalence of pathogens that [...]

Scientists at Washington State University and the Univ. of Florida have just successfully cultured C. Liberibacter asiaticus in the lab.  This bacteria causes HLB or citrus greening disease that [...]

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that affects at least 1.7 million adults in the United States each year and causes nearly 270,000 deaths. This is too many lives. Protecting patients and [...]

The founder of MRSA Survivors Network. Is recommending a renewed emphasis on handwashing and the use of new agents to stem the rapid expansion of MRSA infections.  They feel that The Centers for [...]