Antibiotic misuse, poor infection control, and high transmission rates of resistant pathogens fuel antimicrobial resistance and superbugs in hospitals.

Patients colonized with AMR pathogens showed high risk for infection with the same pathogen for up to 2 years, indicating a time window for decolonization interventions.

Japan's AMR response from 2013 to 2025 focuses on surveillance, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, and research ...

A newborn baby who died in a Glasgow hospital after developing an infection was “stable” the day before she passed away, an ...

A new study reveals that diabetes significantly accelerates the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus ...

The US is in the throes an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with ...

However, substantial differences in MRSA local epidemiology, infection control policy, antibiotic use pattern and patient mix make it difficult to compare results and draw solid conclusions.

The topical drug fights bacteria and fungi, including Candida auris and MRSA ... surgical site infection prevention and hospital-acquired infection control. Unlike traditional antibiotics ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Our activities focus on protecting against threats to public health, preventing and reducing diseases and injury, and ...

Several interventions with variable rates of success have been reported regarding infection control programs to stop outbreaks or reduce MRSA endemicity in the NICU, but some aspects still remain ...

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess ...

health control and transportation of pigs between herds. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of farm workers and their household members from 25 Danish pig farms positive for LA-MRSA CC398.