The importance of prompt empiric therapy is clear: it leads to better survival among patients with both community- and hospital-acquired infections. Tools such as antibiograms are used to help guide ...

Researchers at National Jewish Health have published data that will help medical providers better understand the susceptibility of various nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) to different drugs. This ...

We’re starting an antibiotic stewardship program at our facility and I was told that as the head nurse, I should be using our “antibiogram.” I am not familiar with this — can you help? The antibiogram ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Use of "antibiograms" in skilled nursing facilities could improve antibiotic effectiveness and help address problems with antibiotic resistance that are becoming a national crisis, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Skin and soft tissue infections are characterized by invasion of a bacterial pathogen. The type of skin ...

Researchers at National Jewish Health have published data that will help medical providers better understand the susceptibility of various nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) to different drugs. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . UTIs account for 1.1 million pediatric office visits annually and are a significant clinical syndrome in ...

Diabetes Patients Have Higher Mortality from Infections Antibiograms help guide the selection of the best empiric antimicrobial treatment when microbiology culture and susceptibility results are ...

Thiruvananthapuram: To assess the level of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Kerala and to coordinate efforts to combat it, the 2023 antibiogram (AMR surveillance report) released by health minister ...

CHENNAI: The National Hub for Healthcare Instrumentation Development (NHHID) funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has developed a portable ‘antibiogram’ device that will help ...

Kerala has released its antibiogram for the third consecutive year, a reflection of the State’s commitment to strengthen the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which poses a significant ...

Kerala has become the first State in the country to bring out an antibiogram. The State’s first antibiogram (2021) shows that antimicrobial resistance (antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause ...