15 Mar 2012
Our friends at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) are conducting a worldwide survey on antimicrobial stewardship. If you work in a hospital setting, please consider filling it out and forwarding it to colleagues. The closing date is this Sunday 19 March 2011. Here is the blurb from ESCMID:
16 Feb 2012
A few weeks ago, CDDEP Associate Director Hellen Gelband wrote about a new study on
“forgotten" antibiotics – drugs that have been approved but are no longer in
common use.
11 Oct 2011
The 1st Global Forum on Bacterial Infections concluded last week on 5 October 2011. The forum outlined the state of the current challenge of increasing antibiotic access to the developing world while limiting an increase in drug resistance. Immediate and multi-sectoral approaches at the global and domestic level were determined to be the course of action for combatting bacterial infections caused by antibiotic resistance. The New Delhi Call to Action on Preserving the Power of Antibiotics was signed by Hon.
29 Sep 2011
Dr Anita Kotwani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the V. P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi. At the Global Forum, she will be speaking during the session, Antibiotic Use and Resistance within the Community, on 4 October, 9:45 - 11:00.
2 Sep 2011
With the 1st Global Forum on Bacterial Infections
about a month away, we’ll be transitioning to exclusive coverage of
antimicrobial resistance. This blog will
also be a source for meeting news and new research findings presented at the
conference.
