RESISTANCE IN THE NEWS

16 May 2012

Resistance in the News is an arbitrary selection of articles with  relevance to antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use that have come to  our attention lately.The articles have been published in various internet media and on-line scientific journals. The list is by no means complete  and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the ReAct network.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

15 people infected with staphylococci at Kolding Hospital. (Google Translate) 15 personer smittet med stafylokokker på Kolding Sygehus.  jv.dk (Danish)

National Stakeholders Meet to Consider Improvements in Antimicrobial Use in Food Animal Productio. Today, U.S. regulators and representatives from national food production industries will meet to discuss “Improving Antimicrobial Use in Food Animal Production: Alternatives, Options and Incentives,” in Washington, DC. newswise

Super drug-resistant bacterial invasion 14 dead (Google Translate) 超級抗藥細菌侵襲14死. takungpao.com (Chinese)

Resistant bacteria requires deaths in Europe (Google Translate) Resistenta bakterier kräver dödsoffer i Europa. Swedish Radio and in same media; Multi-resistant bacteria is increasing dramatically in Sweden (Google Translate) Multiresistenta bakterier ökar kraftigt i Sverige. Swedish Radio (Swedish)

NDM-1-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Resistant to Colistin in a French Community Patient without History of Foreign Travel. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Gut-feelings about antibiotics: the good, the bad and the ugly. alk about a double-edged sword. Antibiotics, when properly used, save lives. But – and there always is a but, isn’t there? – like all drugs, antibiotics do present some problems.The Montreal Gazette

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