May 31, 2023 | Infection Control, News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Xacduro (sulbactam for injection; durlobactam for injection), a new treatment for hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP) and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP) caused by susceptible strains of bacteria... 
May 31, 2023 | Infection Control, News
Scientists at McMaster University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used artificial intelligence to discover a new antibiotic which could be used to fight a deadly, drug-resistant pathogen that strikes vulnerable hospital patients. The process they... 
May 23, 2023 | Infection Control, News
Scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (yellow) and a dead human white blood cell (colored red). CREDIT: NIAID/NIH Chronic wounds are open sores or injured tissue that fail to heal properly. These types of wounds are... 
Apr 11, 2023 | Infection Control, News
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. CREDIT: NIAID/NIH University of Otago researchers have discovered new ways to treat antibiotic-resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB), opening the door to new approaches for tackling the disease that kills about 4,000 people a day. Led by...
