All Entries Tagged With: "acinetobacter"
U.S. Army misled public about Acinetobacter outbreak’s origins, report shows
An internal 2005 U.S. Army study reported that improper use of antibiotics and unsanitary conditions at military hospitals contributed to a deadly outbreak of Acinetobacter infections — not Iraqi dirt in soldiers’ blast wounds, as officials publicly claimed until 2007.
Antibiotics pipeline ‘drying up,’ WHO warns
Scant market incentives have left the pharmaceutical industry slow to tackle urgently-needed development of new antibacterial drugs, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.
Acinetobacter becoming resistant to last-ditch antibiotic Colistin
Urgent call for research to optimize dosage guidelines as scattered case studies suggest emergence of bacterial resistance to Colistin, a last-line treatment for many.
No new anti-Acinetobacter drug candidates among FDA-approved meds
Scientists at SRI International failed to identify any non-antibiotic drugs among 1,040 FDA-approved medications that could be ‘repurposed’ as weapons against Acinetobacter.
Wrong antibiotic prescriptions, drug resistance driving Acinetobacter patient deaths?
More evidence multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter — and inappropriate antibiotic prescribing by doctors — kills patients.
‘Urgent’ call for new drugs against Acinetobacter
The Acinetobacter Threat: Australian researchers are calling for a major new effort to develop entirely new antibiotics to counter the growing threat posed by Acinetobacter bacterial infections.
Acinetobacter breeds deadlier hospital pneumonias
The Acinetobacter Threat: a new meta-analysis of mortality risk factors in adult ventilator pneumonia suggests Acinetobacter infections, hospital policies and practices all play major roles in whether or not a patient survives.
Acinetobacter infests hospital workers’ clothes, hands
The Acinetobacter Threat: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter appears to be more easily transmitted than other hospital infections. The gloves, gowns and unwashed hands of health care workers are frequently contaminated with Acinetobacter, a new study reports.
