It makes reference to a report "Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013" from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued on September 16, 2013 that highlights the urgency of taking action on dealing with antibiotic resistance. It mentions categories of ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just published a first-of-its-kind assessment of the threat the country faces from antibiotic-resistant organisms. The news isn't good.
(HealthDay)—The burden and threats posed by antibiotic resistance infections are discussed in a report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Noting thatantibiotic resistanceis a worldwide problem, researchers from the CDC discuss the burden and threat of antibiotic resis...
To raise awareness of the burden and threats posedby antibiotic resistance and to encourage immedi-ate action, the United States (US) Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC) released its first everreport on antibiotic resistance threats in the US –Antibiotic resistance threats in the United...
"Isolates were nonsusceptible to most antibiotics and carried an array of antibiotic resistant genes," the doctors wrote, in areportpublished by the CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal. To effectively respond to the growing threat, the CDC's report said health officials in Ukraine will need...
Concern has been growing about a rise in bacteria resistant to all or most antibiotics. Last year, public health labs around the country were asked to watch for and quickly respond to cases of advanced antibiotic resistance, especially to some last-resort antibiotics called carbapenems. ...
“Antibiotic resistance continues to grow at an alarming rate worldwide, killing an estimated 1.27 million people each year and affecting the US and global economies. To save lives and keep pace with that growing threat, we need to accelerate the development and delivery of in...
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New nationwide testing in 2017 uncovered 221 instances of unusual resistance genes in what is known as “nightmare bacteria,” according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) monthlyVital Signsreport, released last week. Germs with unusual antibiotic resistance (AR) include those...
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new resource: Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes, which has been developed to guide improvement in antibiotic prescribing ...