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2 Mins
19th August 2021

Do Infections Start in the Gut? Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Have a Higher Risk of Periprosthetic Joint Infection after Surgery

A large body of evidence is emerging to implicate that dysregulation of the gut microbiome (dysbiosis) increases the risk of surgical…
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2 Mins
19th August 2021

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
1st June 2020

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
1st June 2020

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
1st June 2020

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
1st June 2020

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
1st June 2020

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
1st June 2020

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…