A. baumannii, P. aeruginosa outnumber CRE in US hospitals
Recent data showed that Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa — both of which landed the top spots on WHO’s list of “priority pathogens” in critical need of new therapies [...]
Recent data showed that Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa — both of which landed the top spots on WHO’s list of “priority pathogens” in critical need of new therapies [...]
'Superbug' outbreak raises questions about medical scope By ALICIA CHANG Feb. 19, 2015 11:08 PM EST Two people have died and five more have been [...]
The Washington Post just published a serious and scary opinion piece about the growing thread of anti-biotic resistant bacteria, and the increasing severity in both [...]
"Health officials are watching in horror as bacteria become resistant to powerful carbapenem antibiotics — one of the last drugs on the shelf." Via: Nature.com [...]
Via Wired Magazine BY MARYN MCKENNA 07.25.13 Cast your minds back a few months ago, to when the director of the US Centers for Disease [...]
By Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Tue, Mar 05 2013 at 3:00 PM, via Mother Nature Network During the first six months of 2012, nearly 200 U.S. [...]
Story by: by Karen Blum, Pharmacy Practice News Hospital pharmacists face several challenges in helping manage antibiotic-resistant, gram-negative superbugs that produce carbapenemases. One of the most [...]
Many of those who answered a fifth estate survey on patient experiences in hospital said they found patient rooms and bathrooms were not cleaned [...]
CRE is a hot topic these days, with a steady stream of both science-based publications and mainstream news agencies reporting on the superbug and the [...]
CNBC published a news item on Thursday April 4, expressing the challenge that superbugs, MRSA and CRE in particular, pose to our health care system. Dr. [...]