Aug 22, 2023 | Infection Control, News
In the lab: The jars contain various cell wall precursors that the Bonn researchers have isolated for analysis, including the target structures of Clovibactin. CREDIT: Gregor Hübl/University of Bonn More and more bacterial pathogens are developing resistance. There is...
Aug 16, 2023 | Infection Control, News
A new study found two in every five deaths in the Americas involved infection associated with antimicrobial resistance. The study, published Aug. 8 in The Lancet Regional Health-Americas, estimated deaths attributed to and associated with antimicrobial resistance for...
Jul 19, 2023 | Infection Control, News
A study led by researchers at the University of Oxford provides new insight into how antimicrobial resistance evolves in patients with bacterial infections. The study, published this week in Nature Communications, found that in patients colonized with Pseudomonas...
Jul 12, 2023 | Infection Control, News
Australian diagnostics company Lumos Diagnostics announced this week that it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing clearance for a rapid diagnostic test that helps clinicians determine when antibiotics are needed for respiratory infections....
Jul 5, 2023 | Infection Control, News, Sterile Processing, Uncategorized
Scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (yellow, round items) killing and escaping from a human white cell. CREDIT: NIAID, NIH A group of five medical organizations have released updated recommendations for the prevention...