Adding infectious disease consultation to antimicrobial stewardship review in the management of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) can ensure adherence to recommended treatment and improve clinical outcomes, according to a study yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Ten infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at a Los Angeles hospital have been infected with a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) over the past several months, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday.
A German study in Infection found that implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) was associated with lower rates of broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing, better dosage accuracy, shorter therapy, and cost savings in a pediatric hospital.
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has become the latest fast food chain to announce it will stop selling chicken raised with medically important antibiotics.
KFC, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, says that by the end of 2018, all chicken bought by its 4,200 restaurants will be free of antibiotics that are also used in human medicine.
German general practitioners (GPs) follow national guidance on prescribing antibiotics for acute lower respiratory infections only about a quarter of the time, according to a study yesterday in PLoS One.
Researchers analyzed data from 2009 to 2013 from electronic health records of 12,880 patients. GPs prescribed antibiotics in 41% of consultations.
Seven more Escherichia coli O157:H7 illnesses have been reported in a multistate outbreak linked to soy nut butter from an Illinois company, raising the total so far to 23, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
The incidence type of birth defects seen with congenital Zika infections in the United States rose 20 times higher than it was before the virus started circulating in the Americas region, researchers reported today in the latest issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Agency officials say new antibiotics for the identified bacteria are urgently needed.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday cleared the expanded use of a diagnostic test for lower respiratory tract infections and sepsis and allowed marketing for a test that can identify organisms that cause bloodstream infections, according to two agency news releases.
Daptomycin is well-tolerated and effective in children with invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infections, according to the results of a clinical trial published this week in Pediatrics.