Case report of multidrug resistant Myroides odoratimimus infection in a gastric cancer patient
Rare bacteria shows resistance to most common antibiotics
This case report describes a single instance of Myroides odoratimimus infection in a patient with gastric cancer. The study examines the ant…
A single case study reveals a rare urinary infection that resisted 23 out of 24 antibiotics tested in a laboratory setting.
Review of Therapeutic Options for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales
New Weapons Emerge in the Fight Against Deadly Superbugs
This review summarizes available and emerging therapies for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales. It highlights the lack of robust clinical…
New drug combinations offer hope for patients facing deadly superbugs that resist almost all current antibiotics.
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.
Retrospective study finds low resistance to key antibiotics in TB patients with UTIs
When TB Treatment Hits a Wall: The Hidden Bladder Problem
A retrospective cohort study of 1,151 bacterial strains from tuberculosis patients with urinary tract infections at a single hospital found …
Tuberculosis patients with urinary infections face drug-resistant bacteria, but a five-year hospital review reveals which antibiotics still …
Retrospective cohort study examines MRSA prevalence and resistance patterns in nosocomial bloodstream infections among 96 patients in central China.
Are hospital infections getting harder to treat, or is the data stable?
This retrospective cohort study analyzed 96 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with nosocomial bloodstream infections at a tertiar…
Hospital bloodstream infections from tough MRSA bacteria stayed stable in frequency, but one patient's germ was resistant to the last-resort…
Tigecycline monotherapy shows no outcome disadvantage versus combination therapy for MDR gram-negative infections in retrospective cohort
Study finds no clear benefit of combination therapy over tigecycline alone for resistant infections
A retrospective cohort study of 280 hospitalized adults with MDR gram-negative infections found no independent association between tigecycli…
Combining antibiotics with tigecycline offers no clear benefit over using the drug alone for treating severe, drug-resistant bacterial infec…