This study has been popping up all over the AMR radar for me for the past week; so, when I was stuck in traffic today, I decided to sit down and give […]
AMR Goes Global: Detection of Allochthonous Anthropogenic AMR Genes in High Arctic Regions
Study from Private Hospital Chain Reveals High Mortality in Patients with Multi Drug Resistant Infections
My thoughts on a recently published study that looks at the
If Carbapenems Go, Can Colistin be Far Behind?
I wrote about the disaster-in-the-making discovery of transmissible resistance to colistin, a last resort antibiotic, when the Lancet Infectious Diseases published a paper based on data coming out from surveillance in China. […]
The Apocalypse is HERE: Transmissible Resistance to Last Resort Antibiotic (Colistin)
Polymyxins are a group of bacterial origin cyclic polypeptides with antibacterial properties. It was isolated by a Japanese researcher in 1949 from a jar of fermenting bacteria. Colistin, also known as Polymyxin […]
Anthelminthic Drug Donation in the Epoch of Drug Resistance
The Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance has published an interesting review article discussing the impact of scale up of drug donations to control neglected helminthiasis in the developing countries through aid-assisted preventive […]
Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria Threatens India
According to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the dangerous, artemisinin-resistant malaria is clawing at the borders of India and Myanmar. Go to article From the article abstract: Summary Background […]
Fatal Nosocomial Infection with Extensively Resistant, Hypervirulent Acinetobacter
Acinetobacter baumanii is a typical critical care “pest” in that it causes infections with high degrees of morbidity and mortality in severely ill patients, especially those who are immunosuppressed. However, a recent publication […]
Super-Bugs in Bugs and A Media Scare
This e-pub ahead of print has sent the media into a tizzy, and why would it not! Consider the power of this headline in your morning newspaper: Bed Bug: Cimex lectularius Image […]
