Antibiotic Resistance Perspective

• ESCMID 2025 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ESCMID 2025
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, April 11, 2025
• Rapid PCR Testing Shows Mixed Results in Pneumonia Care Rapid syndromic polymerase chain reaction testing in the ICU vs standard-of-care testing improves antibiotic stewardship but fails to demonstrate non-inferiority in the clinical cure of pneumonia within 14 days.
  Medscape News UK, March 03, 2025
• Antibiotics Getting False Blame for Colitis, Study Finds A nationwide study of older adults in Sweden suggests a suspected link between antibiotic use and microscopic colitis is more likely a detection bias arising from similar gastrointestinal symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2025
• Long or Short Antibiotics? Seniors Get Same Results Longer antibiotic courses showed no increased benefits or harms than shorter antibiotic courses in older adults, found a retrospective population-based cohort study.
  Medscape Medical News, February 05, 2025
• First-Line Antibiotics Remain Best for UTI Treatment First-line antibiotics for uncomplicated UTI remain more effective than fluoroquinolones and beta-lactams in a retrospective cohort analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2025
• Early PDAT Shows Promise for Bacteremia Early phenotype-desirable antimicrobial therapy improved 30-day clinical outcomes in Enterobacterales bloodstream infections, highlighting its benefits for antimicrobial stewardship and patient care.
  Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2025
• Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis (Doxy PEP): 5 Things to Know Dr Jessica A. Penney and Sherry Chen at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide guidance on Doxy PEP for STI prevention.
  CDC Expert Commentary, January 17, 2025
• Klebsiella oxytoca: A Rising Challenge in Neonatal Care An outbreak of K oxytoca infections in Mexico has claimed 13 lives, highlighting the lethal potential of this gram-negative pathogen in clinical settings.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 10, 2025
• Hypermucoviscous K pneumoniae Shows Reduced Drug Resistance Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production and carbapenem resistance were less prevalent in hypermucoviscous K pneumoniae strains than in non-hypermucoviscous ones.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Imipenem-Cilastatin-Relebactam, the New Go-To for Pneumonia? Imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam matches piperacillin-tazobactam for hospital- or ventilator-acquired bacterial pneumonia, with similar safety, supporting use in areas with high multidrug resistance.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025
• Virtual UTI Care Linked to Rising Antibiotic Use From 2015 to 2022 the rate of antibiotic dispensation for UTIs climbed by 227.3% per 1000 patients, outpacing the 159.8% increase in positive urine cultures.
  Medscape Medical News, December 17, 2024
• UTI in Primary Care: New Guidelines   The latest evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of recurrent UTI are reviewed here.
  Medscape Family Medicine, December 16, 2024
• Smaller Children Hit Harder by Antibiotic Mishaps The authors recommended taking child weight into account for prescriptions.
  Medscape News UK, December 04, 2024
• New Strategy Led to Modest Decline in Antibiotic Misuse A new study found a modest reduction in unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for community-acquired infections following a multifaceted intervention.
  Medscape Medical News, November 18, 2024
• Do Antibiotics Worsen Lung Immunity During Flu? In hospitalized patients, eosinophil levels positively correlated with antibiotic use, systemic inflammation, and worsened outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2024
• EPH 2024 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from EPH 2024
  Medscape Public Health, November 13, 2024
• Rising Mycoplasma pneumoniae Cases in Young Children Medscape Medical News spoke with the CDC's Adam L. Cohen, MD, MPH, about what healthcare providers need to know about the increased number and severity of cases in young patients in the United States.
  CDC Expert Commentary, November 01, 2024
• H pylori: ACG Guideline Advises New Approaches to Treatment The guideline drew on substantial new findings in regard to both the diagnosis and treatment of this common infection.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 23, 2024
• IDWeek 2024 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from IDWeek 2024
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 16, 2024
• Antibiotics Early in Life Linked to Childhood Atopy Evidence suggested causation in a study that controlled for multiple confounders.
  Medscape News UK, October 10, 2024