Partners in Crime: Pseudomonas Auerginosa and SARS-CoV-2

Partners in Crime: Pseudomonas Auerginosa and SARS-CoV-2

The year was 1882 and a French chemist and biologist named Carle Gessard discovered an unusual bacterium that stained the bandages of French soldiers...
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review of a Broad-Spectrum Problem and Future Needs

Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review of a Broad-Spectrum Problem and Future Needs

Abstract The drivers of antimicrobial resistance are complex and multifaceted, often involving the interplay between lack of medical infrastructure, agriculture, the environment, inadequate surveillance and...
Antibiotic Stewardship: The Role Medical Laboratories Play

Antibiotic Stewardship: The Role Medical Laboratories Play

Abstract I often refer to antimicrobial resistance as the slow-burning pandemic that continues to spread like a smoldering wildfire – picture a large expanding, ignored...
Another Public Health Crisis Looms, but there is no Vaccine for this One

Another Public Health Crisis Looms, but there is no Vaccine for this One

Abstract Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing threat to global public health; as such, one might expect there to be a handful of solid solutions,...
Artificial Intelligence: A Solution to the Gap in Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship

Artificial Intelligence: A Solution to the Gap in Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship

 Peer Reviewed  Click Here for Print Version Cite as: Frenkel A, Gross D, Levi S. (2020) Artificial intelligence:  A solution to the need for outpatient antimicrobial...
The AMR Challenge: Accelerating the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

The AMR Challenge: Accelerating the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Later this month, as world leaders assemble at the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, the US HHS Secretary, Alex Azar,...
Antimicrobial Resistance: Too Much Study, Not Enough Action, No Time to Lose

Antimicrobial Resistance: Too Much Study, Not Enough Action, No Time to Lose

Abstract We have known about the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) for so long that it seems as though we should have solutions in hand...
Has the Antibiotic Course Had Its Day?

Has the Antibiotic Course Had Its Day?

Abstract Therapeutic interventions for infectious diseases are complicated by multiple factors, including unknowns surrounding the identity of the infectious agent(s), the bacterial load, and the...
Stewards Working To Save Antibiotics: Pharmacy & The Medical Laboratory

Stewards Working to Save Antibiotics: Pharmacy & The Medical Laboratory

Abstract Approximately 1 in 25 patients hospitalized in a U.S. acute care hospital has at least one healthcare–associated infection (HAI), adding up to over 700,000...
Discovery Awards

The Discovery Awards: New Seed Funding Available

A new round of seed funding has been made available for teams working on diagnostic tests to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use. The Discovery Awards 2017 will...