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If you want to be fully updated on antimicrobial resistance, here is the most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of news items. The carefully selected news items are searchable using the search bar and can be grouped by category. Each news item refers to the original publication. The most important news items are included in the newsletter every fortnight.

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22 July 2019

FDA approves new treatment for complicated urinary tract and complicated intra-abdominal infections

22 July 2019

Antibiotic resistance crisis deepens in Bangladesh

17 July 2019

Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and the Environment

17 July 2019

Argentina, CARICOM, PAHO unite to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance

11 July 2019

Identification of four patients with colistin-resistant Escherichia coli containing the mobile colistin resistance mcr-1 gene from a single health system in Michigan

11 July 2019

Reducing antibiotic prescribing in primary care in England from 2014 to 2017: population-based cohort study

10 July 2019

Evaluating antimicrobial resistance in the global shrimp industry

10 July 2019

WHO updates global guidance on medicines and diagnostic tests to address health challenges, prioritize highly effective therapeutics, and improve affordable access

10 July 2019

Excess Antibiotic Treatment Duration and Adverse Events in Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia: A Multihospital Cohort Study

10 July 2019

Co-ordinated approach urgently required to slow progression of antibiotic resistance

10 July 2019

Antimicrobial Resistance, Pitfall for Humanity or AI’s Next Triumph?

10 July 2019

Quantifying uncertainty about future antimicrobial resistance: Comparing structured expert judgment and statistical forecasting methods

10 July 2019

Development of new antibiotics encouraged with new pharmaceutical payment system

9 July 2019

Global burden of latent multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: trends and estimates based on mathematical modelling

8 July 2019

CRISPR-cas system: biological function in microbes and its use to treat antimicrobial resistant pathogens

8 July 2019

ZonMW, JPIAMR & VALUE-Dx survey to set up overview resources and services

8 July 2019

Personal clinical history predicts antibiotic resistance of urinary tract infections

8 July 2019

Empowering students to become powerful change agents against antimicrobial resistance in Nigeria

8 July 2019

Antimicrobial prescribing and determinants of antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative study among physicians in Pakistan

8 July 2019

Global epidemiology of emerging Candida auris

6 July 2019

THESE SUPERBUG-FIGHTING VIRUSES ARE MAKING A COMEBACK

5 July 2019

Chemical disarming of isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

5 July 2019

IDSA describes AMR challenges, answers in congressional testimony

5 July 2019

BactiVac receives research award at the prestigious Antibiotic Guardian Awards 2019

5 July 2019

New ‘bacteria-phobic’ material could stop the spread of superbugs in hospitals

5 July 2019

Antibiotic resistance in Vibrio cholerae: Understanding the ecology of resistance genes and mechanisms

5 July 2019

One in twenty Danish accident and emergency patients carries resistant bacteria

5 July 2019

Personalized Health Approach To Antimicrobial Resistance Awarded £3.54 Million

5 July 2019

Malaria Consortium shares new film on tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh

5 July 2019

The international dimensions of antimicrobial resistance: Contextual factors shape distinct ethical challenges in South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom

4 July 2019

Prognosis of urinary tract infection caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: the impact of inappropriate empirical treatment

4 July 2019

Appili Therapeutics Signs $3M USD Grant Contract with the United States Department of Defense to Develop Antibiotics that Target Superbugs

4 July 2019

Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Infections Linked to Contact with Pig Ear Dog Treats

3 July 2019

Manchester BRC receives £4.4M investment to fight the growing threat of antibiotic resistance

3 July 2019

How much of the food we eat has antibiotics?

3 July 2019

Antimicrobial stewardship a way forward to curb rising antimicrobial resistance

3 July 2019

UK: In the age of AMR, does a nationalised drug company make sense? The case for and against

3 July 2019

Pandemic fluoroquinolone resistant Escherichia coli clone ST1193 emerged via simultaneous homologous recombinations in 11 gene loci

2 July 2019

Interaction between Antibiotic Resistance, Resistance Genes and Treatment Response for Urinary Tract Infections in Primary Care

2 July 2019

FAO outlines plans to address antimicrobial resistance threat

2 July 2019

NIH Launches Large TB Prevention Trial for People Exposed to Multidrug-Resistant TB

2 July 2019

Widely-available antibiotics could be used in the treatment of ‘superbug’ MRSA

2 July 2019

Antimicrobial stewardship during a time of rapid antimicrobial development: Potential impact on industry for future investment

1 July 2019

Dubai study reveals worrying rise in drug-resistant germs

1 July 2019

For The First Time, Scientists Have Caught Bacteria “Fishing” For DNA From Their Dead Friends

1 July 2019

OIE WORLD ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

1 July 2019

Socioeconomic Enablers for Contagion: Factors Impelling the Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemic

30 June 2019

Global Expert Mission: UK-Germany Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

29 June 2019

GARDP announces ‘5 BY 25’ goal in response to the growing burden of antibiotic resistant infections

29 June 2019

Antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes in wastewater and drinking water

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