Review of Fluoroquinolone Restriction Implementation Modifications for C. difficile Prevention
Hospital plans to stop risky drugs often changed during real-world rollout
This review analyzes modifications to fluoroquinolone restriction implementation strategies from the FIRST trial across four diverse hospita…
Plans to limit risky fluoroquinolones often changed during rollout. Rural hospitals needed more tweaks than academic centers.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of Salmonella prevalence and AMR in global wild birds
Wild Birds Are Picking Up Drug-Resistant Germs—And It’s Getting Worse
This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizes data on Salmonella prevalence and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns across global…
Wild birds are becoming living carriers of drug-resistant bacteria, and that poses a growing risk to human health worldwide.
Narrative review explores links between antibiotic exposure and obesity or metabolic phenotypes
Your Gut Bacteria Remember Every Antibiotic You've Ever Taken
This narrative review examines potential associations between antibiotic exposure and obesity or metabolic phenotypes. The authors discuss v…
Antibiotics may alter your gut bacteria for months or years, potentially raising obesity risk, especially if taken early in life.
Retrospective cohort study links prior antibiotic exposure and Gram-negative infections to high MDR rates in adult patients with chronic liver disease.
High antibiotic resistance found in infections among chronic liver disease patients in India
This retrospective observational cohort study evaluated 317 adult patients with chronic liver disease and culture-positive bacterial infecti…
In India, nearly 80% of E. coli and K. pneumoniae infections in chronic liver disease patients are resistant to multiple antibiotics.