Review of ESBL-producing E. coli epidemiology and fluoroquinolone resistance in Mexican community isolates
UTIs Are Getting Harder to Treat — Here’s Why
This retrospective cross-sectional study reviews community-acquired E. coli isolates from Mexico. Among 244 samples, 68% produced ESBL, with…
This could change how doctors choose antibiotics for UTIs.
Meta-analysis of antimicrobial resistance prevalence in Tanzanian hospital pathogens
Common Antibiotics Are Failing in Tanzania, New Data Reveals
This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizes data from 28 studies on antimicrobial resistance in clinically relevant pathogens withi…
This research shows that common antibiotics are losing their power in Tanzania, urging a critical update to how infections are treated.
Retrospective cohort study assesses Acinetobacter baumannii prevalence and resistance in ventilator-associated infections.
ICU Infection Risk Skyrockets Without Local Drug Data
This retrospective observational cohort analyzed 3,540 non-duplicate clinical isolates from a tertiary-care ICU in South India. The study ev…
ICU patients with breathing tubes face higher infection risks when doctors lack fresh local data on which antibiotics actually work against …
Machine learning models predict ciprofloxacin resistance in Shigella isolates from Ontario.
New Test Predicts Drug Failure Before It Starts
This primary research article evaluates machine learning models using k-mer features from whole-genome sequencing data to predict ciprofloxa…
A smart new computer program can tell doctors if a specific bug will ignore a common antibiotic, helping them pick a drug that actually work…
CDC issues guidance on antibiotic prophylaxis for meningococcal contacts in ciprofloxacin-resistant areas
How should doctors protect people exposed to drug-resistant meningitis?
The CDC has issued guidance for health departments on selecting antibiotics for prophylaxis in close contacts of meningococcal disease patie…
CDC now directs health departments to switch antibiotics when meningitis cases become resistant to the standard drug ciprofloxacin.