Articles Tagged With: carbapenem-resistant
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A Bad Bug in a Burn Unit
As infection control worst-case scenarios go, it does not get much more challenging than a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in a burn unit.
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Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) in the USA — A Molecular and Clinical Analysis
Patient mortality rates were high among patients from whom carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) were cultured, regardless of whether the organism was causing infection or was a only a colonizer. In addition, mortality was similar regardless of whether a carbapenemase gene was present. Finally, not all “CRE” were truly CRE.
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Cefiderocol (Fetroja)
Cefiderocol is a novel siderophore cephalosporin with a wide spectrum of activity against difficult-to-treat gram-negative organisms for which there currently are limited treatment options.
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Murderers’ Row: Resistant to Drugs, Threats to Humans
In a recently published report on antibiotic threats in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classified pathogens as urgent, serious, concerning, or put them on a “watch list.”
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Antibiotic-Resistant Threats: CDC Report Cites Progress, Peril
A combination of public health, antibiotic stewardship, and infection control efforts over the last six years have managed to beat back the devil of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Yet all still hangs in the balance.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Multi-Modal Interventions for Controlling CRE: Which Is Best? Antimicrobial Resistance Genes — in the Arctic; Updated PEP Guidelines for Hepatitis A Vaccine
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Providers Facilitate Transmission of Resistant Organisms; The Time Is Now — Stop CRKP
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Corporate Antibiotic Stewardship; Hypervirulence Meets Antibiotic Resistance — A Lethal Combination; Glue Masquerading as an Aortic Root Abscess; Molecular Diagnostic Coup