In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 75% of hospitalized COVID patients received antibiotics on admission, ...

After first appearing in the medical literature in 1996, 32 the term antimicrobial stewardship has become an increasingly popular idea to help contain AMR and sustain antibiotic effectiveness. Merriam ...

A recent study conducted by researchers from Intermountain Medical Center and the University of Utah School of Medicine, both in Salt Lake City, found the rates of antibiotic use in community ...

Scaling up the program could lead to even greater savings per physician ...

The percentage of patients who were discharged with an antibiotic prescription was at its highest level during the first year of the study period, with 24% in 2013, and dropped to 20% in 2016, the ...

Intermountain Health researchers have been awarded a $356,000 grant from Merck, a global science and technology company that develops medicines, vaccines, and other health solutions, to tackle the ...

The National Quality Forum, the CDC and Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America led a team of experts to create a guide for hospitals of all sizes on how to implement an antibiotic ...

Two international studies, a clinical trial led by the University of Oxford and University of Utrecht, and a qualitative ...

For this analysis, investigators were interested in patient non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)–related outcomes from antibiotic administration before immunotherapy alone or immunotherapy and ...

A review and meta-analysis highlights sharply rising resistance to colistin in clinical specimens of Acinetobacter baumannii ...

The 2025 Antibiotic Stewardship Summit underscored a clear message: dental professionals are vital players in curbing antibiotic resistance. With themes of collaboration, learning, evidence-based ...