Search results for "Antibiotic Resistance"
ACP joins effort to combat antibiotic resistance
The AMR Challenge calls on medical organizations, governments, and private industry to commit to taking actionable steps to combat antibiotic resistance around the world.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/02/2.htm
2 Oct 2018
Applying ACP's advice for shorter courses of antibiotics
ACP's recent Best Practice Advice for antibiotic stewardship, the College's second guidance on the topic, is meant to improve patient care and combat antibiotic resistance.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2021/10/applying-acps-advice-for-shorter-courses-of-antibiotics.htm
1 Oct 2021
ACP offers new Patient FACTS for Zika, antibiotic resistance, insomnia
New fact sheets aim to facilitate communication by providing information about common health conditions and offering questions patients may want to ask their health care professionals.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/23/6.htm
23 Aug 2016
Antibiotic resistance lasts up to a year
Metronidazole injection recalledRotarix OK for use again
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/25/5.htm
25 May 2010
New strategies required to battle antibiotic overuse
At least two million people each year in the United States are infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, and at least 23,000 people die each year as a result of these infections.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2017/04/antibiotics.htm
1 Apr 2017
First-line antibiotic resistance may have increased 12% over 2 decades
More than 1 in 10 first-line antibiotic monotherapies for 4 common infections had treatment failure, an overall increase of 12% from 1991 to 2012, an industry-funded study found.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/30/1.htm
30 Sep 2014
Antimicrobial stewardship in the clinic
As of Jan. 1, 2020, all ambulatory practices accredited by The Joint Commission, including those providing medical or dental services and urgent care, must meet new antimicrobial stewardship requirements.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2020/01/antimicrobial-stewardship-in-the-clinic.htm
1 Jan 2020
Managing superbugs in your community
General internists are poised to assume a key role in tackling the increasingly formidable threat of antimicrobial resistance.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2017/05/superbugs.htm
1 May 2017
MKSAP Quiz: Acne breakout for 6 months
A 16-year-old woman is evaluated for an acne breakout on her face of 6 months' duration. She has been using over-the-counter benzoyl peroxide products, but the acne is not improving. After a history and physical, what is the most appropriate treatment?
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/30/3.htm
30 Jun 2020
Can we stop the superbugs?
This issue covers antibiotic resistance among bacteria, ways to teach ambulatory care during a hospital residency, and a pair of stories about geriatrics.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2017/05/editors.htm
1 May 2017