innovative strategies to slow the spread of AR, improve infection prevention and control, and safeguard individuals. Through CDC's investment, significant progress has occurred in enhancing the US and global capabilities to quickly detect, respond to, and contain existing and emerging AR thr...
Improving the use of antibiotics in healthcare is critical to protect patients and reduce the threat of antibiotic resistance. In nursing homes, antibiotics are frequently prescribed medications; as many as 70% of residents receive antibiotics over the course of a year. However, a large number...
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...
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000004371Kadri, Sameer S. MD, MS, FIDSACritical Care Medicine