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2 Mins
19
Aug

Plasma-Activated Water as a New Weapon Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, or ‘superbugs’, pose an impending threat for human health around the world. Common infections are…
2 Mins
01
Jun

The Case for Pharmacokinetic/ Pharmacodynamic Studies During Epidemics of High Consequence Pathogens: Tekmira For Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone
Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) studies during epidemics pose substantial logistical and safety challenges. However, the data generated can be…
3 Mins
01
Jun

Bacteriophage Control the Prevalence of Escherichia coli ST131 in Different Countries
Escherichia coli is the most important bacterial species in Europe, being the main cause of both urinary tract and bloodstream infections…
2 Mins
01
Jun

SUSANA Project: Real-World Data Coming From The Use of New Antimicrobial Drugs
Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat to global public health.1,2 In Italy, the issue of antimicrobial resistance is…
2 Mins
01
Jun

Beyond Contact Precautions: What Do Surveillance Cultures Tell Us About Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms in Critically Ill Patients? Data from a Public Hospital in São Paulo City, Brazil
In critically ill patients, colonisation by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria is a significant risk factor for the development of subsequent infections…
3 Mins
01
Jun

Evaluation of A New Commercial Disc Susceptibility Kit for Detection and Differentiation of Carbapenemases Produced by Enterobacterales
Perhaps the most significant development in clinical bacteriology over the last decade has been the global proliferation of Enterobacterales with…
2 Mins
01
Jun

Outcomes of People Who Inject Drugs with Infectious Endocarditis and Valve Surgery
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a common disease state observed in people who inject drugs (PWID), with a 50–100 times higher incidence in PWID than the…
3 Mins
01
Jun

Analysis of Escherichia Coli Phylotypes and Known Sepsis Causing Sequence Types in UK Sewage Reveals a Direct Link Between Sepsis Rates and Carriage of Pathogenic Sequence Types in the Community
UK Escherichia coli (E. coli) sepsis rates have been rising for the last 20 years, however the reason behind the consistent year on year increase is an…