Articles Tagged With: antibiotic-resistant
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Inappropriately Broad Empiric Antibiotics, Higher Mortality, and Community-Onset Sepsis
A retrospective cohort study revealed broad-spectrum antibiotics were unnecessarily prescribed to patients with community-onset sepsis and were associated with worse outcomes and higher mortality.
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NIH Extends Funding for Antibiotic Resistance Research
Money will ensure global committee can continue its investigations well into the next decade.
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Antibiotic Cycling Is Not Useful for Reducing Antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative Pathogens in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units
A randomized study that included eight intensive care units in Europe found no reduction in mortality or carriage of antibiotic-resistant gram-negative pathogens with antibiotic cycling compared to antibiotic mixing.