Tag: antibiotic stewardship

A scoping review of 223 studies found substantial antibiotic resistance among urinary tract infections, with reported resistance reaching 78.7 percent ...

A retrospective cohort study developed a six-variable nomogram to help rule out secondary bacterial infections in children hospitalised with respiratory ...

The HIT-HARD trial protocol outlines a phase III study testing if short-course, high-dose beta-lactam therapy is non-inferior to conventional regimens ...

A prospective randomized pilot trial found that supplementing women with oral Lactobacillus crispatus M247 significantly reduced symptomatic cystitis recurrences over ...

A cross-sectional study at Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda found that 42.1% of culture-confirmed urinary tract infection isolates were ...

A prospective multicenter cohort study suggests that plasma metagenomic next-generation sequencing could significantly improve the appropriateness of antibiotic use in ...

A cross-sectional study of 440 outpatients at a Nigerian tertiary hospital found that 92.5 percent had practiced antimicrobial self-medication, driven ...

A cross-sectional study at Ndola Teaching Hospital found that over forty percent of suspected sepsis patients had bloodstream infections marked ...

A scientific review highlights how the standardized botanical extract BNO 1030 combines antiviral, immunomodulatory, and antibacterial actions to treat acute ...

A qualitative study of 38 stakeholders in five Iranian public hospitals identified five categories and 15 subcategories of barriers to ...

A narrative review indicates that procalcitonin and C-reactive protein optimize antibiotic utilization in hospital-acquired pneumonia when interpreted through serial kinetic ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 11 African studies finds a pooled 44 percent prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic use in ...

A cross-sectional survey of 400 healthcare professionals in China found low correct-response rates on vancomycin monitoring indicators and timing, with ...

A single-center observational study in Japan found that urine point-of-care Gram staining was associated with more narrow-spectrum antibiotic prescribing and ...

A prospective cohort study of 422 ICU patients in Shanghai finds that antibiotic spectrum breadth, measured by the Antibiotic Spectrum ...

A new review argues that only metatranscriptomics can distinguish which gut antibiotic resistance genes are actively transcribed from the larger ...

A ten-year analysis of 9,665 tuberculosis isolates from Zhengzhou, China, finds overall drug resistance rising from 17.29 percent to 22.98 ...

A Canadian cost analysis estimates that penicillin allergy de-labelling programs could save up to $6,581 per patient over a lifetime ...

A survey of 476 Maltese residents found 88% recognised antibiotic resistance but only 21% knew the abbreviation AMR, with three-quarters ...

A global observational study estimates that a 10 percent reduction in antibiotic use could avert about 38,000 antimicrobial resistance deaths ...