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• Category: Acute and Intensive Care

  • CDC Reports 230% Increase in Acute Kidney Injury Among Hospitalized Patients without Diabetes Between 2000 and 2014

  • Gary Black, Sepsis Survivor and Patient Advocate, Continues to Educate the Public on Post-Intensive Care Syndrome

  • 1.4 Million People Survive Sepsis Each Year—Up to Half Will Experience Post-Sepsis Syndrome

  • Father Encourages Earlier Pneumonia Testing After Daughter Dies of Flu Complications

  • Nurses Play a Critical Role in Infection Prevention, Treatment, & Antibiotic Stewardship

  • Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital Study Finds PCT-Guided Antibiotic Therapy Effective for COPD Patients

  • Rapid Multiplex PCR Testing Detects Six Separate Pathogens in a Young Cystic Fibrosis Patient

  • Using Procalcitonin Measurements to Avoid Antibiotic Misuse in Patients with AECOPD

  • Dietary trehalose: A double-edged sword in diabetes and C. difficile infections?

  • The Necessity of Innovative Diagnostics in Controlling Antibiotic Resistance in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

  • Season Ending Close Call with Sepsis for MLB Star Proves No One is Impervious to this Deadly Syndrome

  • Six Symptoms of Sepsis

  • World Sepsis Congress: Discussing the Results of the ProACT Trial

  • World Sepsis Congress: Importance of Pathogen Detection and Sepsis Markers

  • Maryland Mom, Misdiagnosed with Flu, Survives Sepsis to Walk Down the Aisle

  • Can You Spot Sepsis?

  • Unusual Case of Newborn with Salmonella Revealed with Rapid Diagnostics

  • Dangers of Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Children

  • As Public STEM Literacy Declines, So Does the Number of Simple Stories in Science

  • “If I had waited another hour, my husband would probably have died”

  • The Key Component that Sepsis Protocol and Antibiotic Stewardship Have in Common

  • Fighting Superbugs, Monsters of Our Own Creation Faster medical tests are essential to combating antibiotic resistance

  • Active Body-Builder Comes Close to Death Due to Late Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism

  • Severe Influenza Season of 2017-2018 is a Somber Reminder of Why Flu is One of the World’s Greatest Public Health Challenges, according to CDC

• Category: Acute Kidney Injury

  • National Kidney Month: Much of the Suffering Caused by Acute Kidney Injury is Avoidable

• Category: Antibiotic Resistance

  • bioMérieux’s Christine Ginocchio, PhD, MT, Appointed Voting Member to PACCARB

  • The “Raw” Milk Trend and How U.S. Dairies Bypass State and Federal Law to Sell Unpasteurized Milk

  • More than Just a Tummy Ache: The Risk of Consuming Unpasteurized or “Raw” Milk

  • Antimicrobial Resistance: Pay Now or Pay Much More Later, Warns New Report

  • New Study on U.S. Antibiotic Prescription Trends Reveal Misuse is Still Prevalent

  • CDC Illustrates 12-months of Progress in Battle with Resistance Worldwide

  • Can Deep-Sea Sponges Assist in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance?

  • Fighting Antibiotic Resistance with “Day Zero” Infection Identification

  • Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found Aboard the International Space Station

  • Could a Novel Sugar Additive Be Fueling the Clostridium difficile Pandemic?

  • Hospital Adoption of CDC’s Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship Improves, but Many Still Struggle

  • The Cost of Antibiotic Resistance in Lives and Dollars

  • Helping Improve Antibiotic Stewardship with the Global Point Prevalence Survey

  • 2018 Antibiotic Resistance Educational Toolkit

  • “Take Off the Pump Handle”: BioFire CEO Randy Rasmussen on Meeting the New Challenges of Infectious Disease

  • Illnesses that Antibiotics Can and Cannot Treat

  • Study Shows How Breastfeeding Protects Newborns from Resistant Organisms

  • Urgent Care Centers’ Prescribing Practices Raise Risk of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

  • The Unnecessary Burden of Prescribing Antibiotics to Asthma Patients without Proof of Infection

  • Newly-Discovered Protein in Platypus Milk Could Help Combat Superbugs

  • CDC & HHS Launch Global AMR Challenge Today to Accelerate the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

  • British Health Officials Warn of Record High Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, including Resistant Strains

  • The Fungus That Gave Us Camembert, and Our Lives

  • Antibiotics, Antidepressants, and Opioids Found in Puget Sound Shellfish

  • Multi-Drug Resistant E. coli Rampant in Nursing and Long-Term Care Facilities

  • Addressing the Unique Challenges Small Hospitals Face When Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship Programs

  • Hospitals with Fewer than 200 Beds More Likely to Have Inconsistent Efforts to Combat Antibiotic Resistance, Study Finds

  • Continued Success of Small Hospital’s “Bug Squad” a Wake-Up Call for Healthcare Facilities Still Lagging in Antibiotic Stewardship

  • Resistance is not the only Danger of Antibiotic Overuse

  • Poster: Everyone Matters in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

  • How to Explain Antimicrobial Resistance to Your Friends and Family (With Infographics)

  • Watch Regular Bacteria Evolve into Superbugs

  • Balancing the Use of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics and Patient Health

  • How One of the First Cases of CRE “Nightmare Bacteria” on the West Coast was Identified

  • Fact Check: Madagascar Plague

  • If You Expect Your EHR to Automatically Integrate with Your ASP, Guess Again

  • Why the Incidence of Antibiotic Resistance Infections Increased while the Rate of Antibiotic use Remained the Same

  • Welcome Letter from the Editors

  • Why Technology Alone Can’t Solve Antibiotic Resistance

• Category: Antimicrobial Resistance

  • Global Migration of Resistant Organisms: Still Much to Learn

• Category: Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Category: Book Reviews

  • The Economic Impact of Plague in Walter Scheidel’s Book, “The Great Leveler”

• Category: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
• Category: Case Studies
• Category: Clostridium difficile (C. difficile)
• Category: Compliance Standards
• Category: Cystic Fibrosis
• Category: Diagnostics

  • On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Dr. Paul Ehrlich

  • Multiplex PCR Panels Offer a Valuable Addition or Alternative to Traditional Rapid Flu Testing

  • U.S. House Resolution Seeks to Support Sepsis Awareness, Early Diagnosis, & Appropriate Intervention

  • Quick Facts About Sepsis

• Category: Drugs and Drug Efficacy
• Category: Economics of AMR
• Category: Electronic Health Record Systems (EHR)
• Category: Emergency Care

  • Sepsis Deaths of a Young Mother and Six-Year-Old Boy in the UK Bring Attention to the Need for Rapid, Accurate Diagnosis & Timely Intervention

• Category: Epidemiology and Outbreaks

  • How Public Health Policies Saved Citizens in St. Louis During the 1918 Flu Pandemic

  • The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: A Global Catastrophe that Arrived in 3 Waves

• Category: Escherichia Coli (E. Coli)
• Category: Featured

  • Flu Vaccine Prevented 8,000 Deaths During 2017-2018 Flu Season, Study Finds

• Category: Food Safety
• Category: Healthcare Cost Savings
• Category: History of Diagnostics

  • On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Emil Adolf von Behring

• Category: Infection Prevention
• Category: Infectious Disease
• Category: Influenza

  • Influenza Widespread Across the U.S. with 15 Pediatric Fatalities in Late February

  • This Year’s Flu Season Currently Less Severe than 2017-2018, but Thousands Still Hospitalized

• Category: Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA)
• Category: New Research
• Category: Nursing and Long-term Care
• Category: Personal Stories

  • World Sepsis Congress: Dads Share Their Daughters’ Battles with Sepsis

• Category: Pneumonia
• Category: Public Health Policy
• Category: Salmonella
• Category: Sepsis
• Category: STIs
• Category: Uncategorized

  • “Drug-Bug Match Auto-Posting” Reduces CRE Infections by more than 10% In New York Hospital

  • An Underappreciated Innovation, Zapping Microbes With Lasers Has Helped Identify Pathogens Faster Since 2013

• Category: Urinary Tract Infections
• Category: Value of Diagnostics

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