Home

News & Blog - antibiotic use
Weekly Digest: CDDEP research on MRSA infection rates, guidelines to treat ear infections and new CRE alert
1 Mar 2013
A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.MRSA infection rates are still increasing, but at a slower pace than previous years, new CDDEP study published in the current issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology reports. [CDDEP]
Read more »
0 Comments
Posted by Suraj Pant
Tags: antibiotic use, antibiotics, disease, drug resistance, Gram negative, HAIs, India, MRSA, new antibiotics, new drugs, policy, prescribing
Drug-resistant staph infections increasing at a slower pace
28 Feb 2013
The growth of MRSA-related hospitalizations was stagnant between 2005 and 2009; Community-associated infections peak in the summer, likely due to seasonal antibiotic overuse.
Read more »
0 Comments
Posted by Alison Buki
Tags: antibiotic use, antibiotics, drug resistance, HAIs, MRSA
Weekly digest: Eliminating malaria, antibiotic pollution, and fighting TB in the US and India
22 Feb 2013
A  roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.
Read more »
0 Comments
Posted by Suraj Pant
Tags: ACTs, antibiotic use, antibiotics, cost, costs, disease, disease ecology, disease mapping, drug resistance, ecology, elimination, health, health economics, India, malaria ecology, malaria mapping, malaria vaccine, new drugs, policy, resistance, TB, transmission, trends
Weekly digest: Preserving antimalarial effectiveness, Resistance: the film, and resistant bacteria in pigs
15 Feb 2013
A  roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.
Read more »
0 Comments
Posted by Suraj Pant
Tags: ACTs, Agriculture, AMFm, animal use, antibiotic use, antibiotics, community, cost, costs, counterfeit drugs, developing, disease, disease ecology, disease mapping, drug development, drug resistance, elimination, HAIs, health economics, malaria ecology, malaria mapping, malaria vaccine, MRSA, multiple first-line therapies, resistance, resistance ecology, resistance policy, TB
Weekly digest: CDDEP in the news, UK and Australia tackle resistance, and Gates on disease eradication
1 Feb 2013
A  roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.
Read more »
0 Comments
Posted by Suraj Pant
Tags: antibiotic use, antibiotics, costs, disease, disease mapping, drug development, drug resistance, elimination, HAIs, kids, MRSA, new antibiotics, prescribing, resistance, resistance policy, Vaccination, vaccine