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13 May 2019

Antimicrobial Resistance Partnership Hub launched in China

11 May 2019

‘Antibiotic footprint’ as a communication tool to aid reduction of antibiotic consumption

11 May 2019

How Introducing a Registry with Automated Alerts for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) May Help Control CRE Spread in a Region

10 May 2019

Effect of carbapenem resistance on outcomes of bloodstream infection caused by Enterobacteriaceae in low-income and middle-income countries (PANORAMA): a multinational prospective cohort study

10 May 2019

Third Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in human health

10 May 2019

Applying the economics of climate change to antimicrobial resistance can help avoid the 10 million deaths expected by 2050 if urgent action is not taken

9 May 2019

The successful uptake and sustainability of rapid infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance point-of-care testing requires a complex ‘mix-and-match’ implementation package

9 May 2019

Identification of Novel Mobilized Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-9 in a Multidrug-Resistant, Colistin-Susceptible Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Isolate

8 May 2019

Schumer Calls On CDC To Declare Emergency Over Superbug Fungus Spreading In N.Y.

8 May 2019

Clinical spectrum and factors impacting outcome of Candida auris: a single center study from Pakistan

7 May 2019

Can we reduce antibiotic prescribing in dentistry?

7 May 2019

Superbug infections in 17 states linked to weight loss surgeries in Mexico

7 May 2019

NY senator urges CDC to declare Candida auris a public emergency

4 May 2019

U.N. Issues Urgent Warning on the Growing Peril of Drug-Resistant Infections

4 May 2019

Antibiotic resistance as big a threat as climate change – chief medic

4 May 2019

Superbug Evolution Outpacing Antibiotic Development, U.N. Warns

4 May 2019

Economics Can Help Tackle the Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance

4 May 2019

PACCARB urges approval of hospital antibiotic stewardship requirement

3 May 2019

South Africa: UN Report Warns of Disastrous Consequences of Antibiotic Resistance

3 May 2019

Antimicrobial Resistance: Too Much Study, Not Enough Action, No Time to Lose

3 May 2019

Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Shigella sonnei Infections in a Retirement Community

2 May 2019

United Nations and WHO call for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis – expert comment

2 May 2019

US Candida auris case count tops 600

30 April 2019

New report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis

30 April 2019

Sale of antibiotics to be regulated in Islamabad

28 April 2019

India doctor shortage drives rise in superbugs, report warns

28 April 2019

Molecular Adaptations and Antibiotic Resistance in Vibrio cholerae: A Communal Challenge

27 April 2019

Spanish hospital study highlights inappropriate empiric antibiotic therapy

27 April 2019

Tackling antibiotic resistance in Africa

27 April 2019

Assessment of knowledge and attitude trends towards antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among the community members, pharmacists/pharmacy owners and physicians in district Sialkot, Pakistan

27 April 2019

Study Identifies How Enterococcus faecalis Causes Antibiotic-Resistant Infection

27 April 2019

Superbugs Found on Many Hospital Patients’ Hands and What They Touch Most Often

27 April 2019

Superbugs linked to eight out of 10 deaths in Bangladeshi ICUs

27 April 2019

Report Confirms Serious Threat of Antibiotic Resistance Worldwide

23 April 2019

Drug-resistant fungi are a threat to modern medicine

23 April 2019

New metric aims to simplify how global resistance is measured

23 April 2019

Global consumption of antibiotics skyrockets

23 April 2019

The impact of antibiotic resistant infections in Europe

23 April 2019

Expert: We took antibiotics for granted

23 April 2019

Why We Must Finish Our Antibiotics

18 April 2019

A One Health genomic approach to antimicrobial resistance is essential for generating relevant data for a holistic assessment of the biggest threat to public health

18 April 2019

Antimicrobial use in UK long-term care facilities: results of a point prevalence survey

17 April 2019

Knowledge Gaps on Antibiotic Resistance Remain Among Health Care Workers in the EU

17 April 2019

Tracking global trends in the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy using the Drug Resistance Index

17 April 2019

Staying in a hotel during travel to tropical regions is associated with contracting drug-resistant bacteria.

17 April 2019

The association between adherence to national antibiotic guidelines and mortality, readmission and length of stay in hospital inpatients: results from a Norwegian multicentre, observational cohort study

16 April 2019

Department of Health allocates €7 million for antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention & control

16 April 2019

Implementation of antibiotic stewardship programmes in French ICUs in 2018: a nationwide cross-sectional survey

16 April 2019

Access Barriers to Antibiotics

16 April 2019

The ARLG and COMBACTE will work together on a number of initiatives designed to fight drug-resistant infections



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