MD, MPH, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about the "National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria," released on March 27. We asked Dr Frieden what this initiative will mean for practicing clinicians, highlighting many of the questions...
We need to outsmart antibiotic resistance—now. The Detect and Protect Against Antibiotic Resistance Initiative (known as the AR Initiative) gives us a good head start. The 2015 President's Budget requests $30 million annual funding level for 5 years for the AR Initiative—part of a broader ...
The agency's Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative is expected to reduce infections of CRE, MRSA and C. difficile by half or more if successfully implemented, officials said. However, federal laws that protect patient privacy could be an obstacle, since they hamper the ability of hospitals to...
explains: Of all stroke and heart reducing actions currently available, Million Hearts, a new HHS national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years, aims to improve clinical care by helping patients learn and follow their In the fight against and stroke...
Proteins containing a ubiquitin regulatory X (UBX) domain are cofactors of Cell Division Cycle 48 (CDC48) and function in protein quality control. However, whether and how UBX-containing proteins participate in host–microbe interactions remain unclear.
Caerin 1 Peptides, the Potential Jack-of-All-Trades for the Multiple Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infection Treatment and Cancer Immunotherapy. Biomed Res Int 2022, 2022:7841219. Yang X, Liu X, Li J, Zhang P, Li H, Chen G, Zhang W, Wang T, Frazer I, Ni G. Caerin 1.1/1.9 ...
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy offers the potential to improve oncologic outcomes for patients with HNSCC while reducing treatment-associated morbidity. Targeting either programmed cell death protein (PD-1), the cognate ligand (PD-L1) or cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4...
with patients and medical staff regarding medicines; supplying medication to patients for use throughout their inpatient stay and discharge.The second part of my role is to form part of a multi-disciplinary team to promote the rational use of antibiotics and reduce antimicrobial resistance. I...