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10/25/2022

WHO identifies life-threatening fungal pathogens

Despite limited data, new WHO report highlights 19 fungi that represent the greatest threat to public health.

10/24/2022

Diagnostic stewardship may help cut unneeded antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria

Diagnostic stewardship focuses not on antibiotics but on reducing urine cultures.

10/19/2022

Rapid test could help distinguish bacterial from viral infections

For bacterial infections, the test had a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 88%, while viral sensitivity was 70%.

1/13/2022

Study finds babies with low-risk deliveries shouldn’t need antibiotics

Yet 80% of low-risk newborns got antibiotics, and for similar durations as high-risk infants.

1/12/2022

CIDRAP-ASP Newsletter — Jan 13, 2022

1/10/2022

MRSA strain may have originated in hedgehogs — long before antibiotics

A key MRSA strain appears to predate, by more than 100 years, the advent of the antibiotic era.

1/5/2022

CIDRAP-ASP Newsletter — Jan 6, 2022

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