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...
Another Public Health Crisis Looms, but there is no Vaccine for this One
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing threat to global public health; as such, one might expect there to be a handful of solid solutions,...
Antibiotic Resistance is Everybody’s Responsibility
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This article is about my family’s experience with antibiotics
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Antibiotic resistance is everybody’s responsibility
In 1932 my grandfather’s first wife died of tuberculosis. It wasn’t until...
Artificial Intelligence: A Solution to the Gap in Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship
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Cite as: Frenkel A, Gross D, Levi S. (2020) Artificial intelligence: A solution to the need for outpatient antimicrobial...
Why Antibiotics are not the Answer to your Cold or Flu
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Colds and flu are viral infections. If you happen to be very unlucky and get the flu, take a break, rest up, and go...
Here, There, and Everywhere: How Antibiotic Resistance is Now the Norm
As antibiotic resistance becomes an increasingly urgent global problem, it is important to address how resistance occurs and how it is propagated throughout the general...
Stewards Working to Save Antibiotics: Pharmacy & The Medical Laboratory
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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...
Importance of Using Antibiotics Correctly and Completing the Prescribed Dose
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The misuse of antibiotics coupled to a decrease in the number of novel drugs entering the clinic has led to the development of antibiotic...
Has the Antibiotic Course Had Its Day?
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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...
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,...
