RESISTANCE IN THE NEWS
1 June 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
Public health: Raised resistance. Cavalier use of medicines presents drug companies with a daunting task. Financial Times (free-of-charge account needed)
EU Joins Widening Push to Find New Antibiotics. The European Union Thursday pledged funds to find new antiobiotics, its first attempt to help drugmakers develop medicines to fight increasingly drug-resistant superbugs that are taking more lives every year and adding to rising health costs across the region. The Wall Street Journal commented by ReAct in leading Swedish newspapers; SvD, DN and Aftonbladet
GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca invest in antibiotic research. Drugmakers join forces in £180m research in battle against threat from bugs' resistance to antibiotics. The Guardian
Antibiotics in Water and Soil May Contribute to Rising Rates of Antibiotic Resistance. Antibiotics found in river sediment, farmed soil, and other sources are polluting the environment and contributing to the rising rates of antibiotic resistance, a new report suggests. WebMD
Study: pneumococcal vaccine effectively prevents blood infection in infants. (Google Translate from Swedish) Studie: pneumokockvaccinet förebygger effektivt blodförgiftning hos spädbarn. National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland and similar results in Norway folkehelseinstituttet
People have no time to be sick. (Google Translate from Norwegian) Folk har ikke tid til å være syke. - Jeg synes å merke et trendskifte. Folk ber om antibiotika, helst bredspektret, fordi de ikke har tid til å være syke, sier Ivar Halvorsen. Aftenbladet
English National Point Prevalence Survey on Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use, 2011: preliminary data. HPA
One in 12 babies pick up dangerous new infections in hospital. One in 12 babies and toddlers picked up an infection while they were treated in hospital last autumn, according to the latest figures from the Health Protection Agency. Daily Mail
Dangerous germs in University Hospital. (Google Translate from German) Gefährliche Keime in Uniklinik. Am Universitätsklinikum Leipzig sollen jetzt Experten aus Berlin den Kampf gegen einen seltenen multiresistenten Darmkeim unterstützen. mz-web.de
Mehr Erreger sollen ins Gesetz. Multiresistenten Keimen den Garaus machen - mit dem geänderten Infektionsschutzgesetz sollte das besser gelingen. Doch die Politik bringt sich selbst um den Erfolg, sagen jetzt sogar FDP-Politiker. Ärzte Zeitung (German)
SWEDISH MEDIA
Pneumokocker med nedsatt känslighet för penicillin (PNSP). Detta är ett kunskapsunderlag som även innehåller rekommendationer som har till syfte att nå en likartad handläggning på nationell nivå av pneumokocker med nedsatt känslighet för penicillin (PNSP). Socialstyrelsen
Kritik mot snabbvård på apotek. Kliniker med snabb diagnostik över videolänk riskerar att öka på förskrivningen av antibiotika. Det anser läkare i Strama, Samverkan mot antibiotikaresistens. De argumenterar för att de så kallade minutenklinikerna inte ska förskriva antibiotika. Läkemedelsvärlden
Nanosilver slår ut antibiotikan. Bakteriedödande silverpartiklar som tvättas ur kläder kan leda till ökad antibiotikaresistens – ett av de allvarligaste hoten mot folkhälsan. Det anser svenska forskare. Ny Teknik also in SR Nyheter/Ekot and SvD this critique rejected by other side Ny Teknik
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Update on counterfeit antibiotics worldwide; Public health risks. Med Mal Infect. 2012 May 21. [Epub ahead of print]
Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship programme on patient safety in Singapore General Hospital. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2012 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
The ticking time bomb: escalating antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a public health disaster in waiting. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 May 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Trends in approval of new antimicrobial agents in India compared with the USA. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2012 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
The impact of antibiotic use on the incidence and resistance pattern of ESBL-producing bacteria in primary and secondary healthcare settings. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2011 Dec 9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2011.04161.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Evaluation of programmatic changes to an antimicrobial stewardship program with house officer feedback. J Eval Clin Pract. 2012 Mar 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01840.x. [Epub ahead of print]
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