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20 January 2019

High prevalence colistin-resistant E. coli rural communities Vietnam

19 January 2019

Arvind Kumar: Mitigating AMR by combining antimicrobial stewardship with infection prevention

11 December 2018

Deadly, highly resistant Klebsiella found in Indian hospital

7 December 2018

Multimillion pound grants bring UK and Chinese researchers together in the global fight against superbugs

7 December 2018

Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma genitalium infections in Cuban patients: an underestimated health problem

7 December 2018

Severe MRSA ST398 infections reported in China, Australia

7 December 2018

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Among Gram Negative Bacterial Isolates from Patients in Khartoum State Hospitals

7 December 2018

Stably high azithromycin resistance and decreasing ceftriaxone susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 25 European countries, 2016

7 December 2018

Multi-drug resistant Enterobacter bugandensis species isolated from the International Space Station

7 December 2018

Access to high-impact mutations constrains the evolution of antibiotic resistance in soft agar

6 December 2018

Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in Canadian ICUs: results of the CANWARD 2007 to 2016 study

30 November 2018

Study finds MRSA, VRE co-colonization is common in nursing homes

30 November 2018

The quality of studies evaluating antimicrobial stewardship interventions: a systematic review

30 November 2018

A Superbug Needs to Be Stopped. A Glaxo Vaccine May Slow It Down

30 November 2018

Current Status and Trends of Antibacterial Resistance in China

30 November 2018

ICMR asks hospitals to prevent antibiotic resistance

30 November 2018

DOH, DA and UN Agencies call for united fight against Antimicrobial resistance

30 November 2018

Our time with antibiotics is running out

30 November 2018

Denmark to host new international research centre for global solutions on antimicrobial resistance

30 November 2018

Stemming the Superbug Tide

30 November 2018

We need to act fast to stop the spread of superbugs

30 November 2018

Endoscope linked to hospital outbreak of multidrug-resistant organisms

30 November 2018

CDC investigating multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas outbreak in Texas

28 November 2018

Re-estimating annual deaths due to multidrug-resistant organism infections

21 November 2018

High rate of multidrug-resistant bacteria reported in Ethiopian hospital

21 November 2018

The mortality burden of multidrug-resistant pathogens in India: a retrospective observational study

21 November 2018

Swiss researchers report 7,000 AMR cases, almost 300 AMR deaths a year

21 November 2018

Nations vary widely in antibiotic use, WHO data show

21 November 2018

Deaths by AMR Keeps Increasing

21 November 2018

AMR superbugs expected to kill 90,000 Britons in the next 30 years

21 November 2018

Study: Almost half of refugees to Finland harbor MDR bacteria

21 November 2018

High MCR-1 prevalence found in Bolivian children not exposed to antibiotics

21 November 2018

Indian study links multidrug-resistant infections to higher mortality risk

21 November 2018

Vermont tracks XDR Shigella outbreak in retirement community

21 November 2018

Antibiotic resistance kills over 50,000 children in India annually

21 November 2018

Detection and prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria among European laboratories part of the COMBACTE network: a COMBACTE LAB-Net survey

21 November 2018

AMR Indicators and their relevance to the global indicator framework for the SDGs and targets for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

21 November 2018

Community acquired pneumonia among adult patients at an Egyptian university hospital: bacterial etiology, susceptibility profile and evaluation of the response to initial empiric antibiotic therapy

21 November 2018

Kerala, India: launch of the 1st sub-national action plan on AMR

21 November 2018

Korea fighting losing battle against antimicrobial resistance

21 November 2018

Public knowledge and perception about antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance in Japan: A national questionnaire survey in 2017

21 November 2018

OECD: Interventions to reduce resistant bacteria could save lives, money

21 November 2018

Survey finds ‘alarming’ percentage of families share leftover antibiotics

21 November 2018

Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis

20 November 2018

Spanish study: Nearly 20% of pharmacies dispense antibiotics without prescription

20 November 2018

Rate of drug-resistant organisms in Canadian hospitals remains steady

20 November 2018

Multidrug-Resistant Infections: Implementing Programs for Antimicrobial Stewardship

20 November 2018

Antibiotics, Resistome and Resistance Mechanisms: A Bacterial Perspective

20 November 2018

Study notes high MCR rates in healthy villagers in Vietnam

20 November 2018

Effectiveness of an antifungal stewardship programme at a London teaching hospital 2010–16



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