Showing posts with label Antibiotic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antibiotic. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Hong Kong: Two Hospital Clusters Of MDR Acinetobacter Infections

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Credit CDC PHIL   # 8856   Because it is such an international city, and boasts one of the most diligent ( and open ) public healt...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

WHO: Antibiotic Resistance – Serious, World-Wide Threat

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WHO Report 257 pg PDF   # 8552   For years we’ve heard dire warnings that our limited arsenal of antibiotics was in danger of bei...
Sunday, March 23, 2014

India: MSF Calls For `Rational’ Antibiotic Use In Treating TB

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MSF Briefing Report   # 8395   Tomorrow (March 24th) is World TB Day , and the focus this year is on multidrug-resistant tubercul...
Monday, March 03, 2014

CDC Telebriefing (March 4th): Improving Antibiotic Prescribing Practices

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  # 8342   For years we’ve heard dire warnings of a future where most of our most important antibiotics are rendered impotent ag...
Monday, November 18, 2013

AAP/CDC: New Guidance On For Antibiotics For Children

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# 7989   As the graphic above shows, there is considerable geographic disparity in the amount of antibiotics being prescribed across ...

Surviving Winter’s Ills Without Abusing Antibiotics

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Credit CDC , FDA , HHS     # 7987   As mentioned yesterday (see The Lancet: Antibiotic Resistance - The Need For Global Solutio...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Lancet: Antibiotic Resistance - The Need For Global Solutions

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Credit CDC Vital Signs   # 7985   With tomorrow (Nov. 18th) marking Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Day in Europe, and kic...
Friday, November 15, 2013

ECDC: Antibiotic Resistance In the EU – 2012

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    # 7980     Last September, in Referral: McKenna On CDC Antibiotic Resistance Report ,   we looked at a new report from t...
Friday, March 22, 2013

Study: Risks & Benefits Of Antibiotics For Acute Respiratory Infections

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  Credit CDC   Get Smart Campaign     # 7021   One of the most common ailments seen by family physicians and emergency depart...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Hong Kong: Scarlet Fever In 2012

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Photo Credit – CDC     # 6843   Over the past two years Hong Kong has experienced  a dramatic increase in the number of Scarlet F...

Unnecessary Antibiotic Use & C. Difficile Infections

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C. difficile – Credit CDC PHIL   # 6842   We’ve more evidence today on the perils of unnecessary antibiotic usage from a stu...