RESISTANCE IN THE NEWS

21 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

Management Program To Find Overlooked Employee Talents, Improve Hospital's MRSA Infection Rate. A better way to improve organizations using overlooked employee talent has taken a top award from a notable management group. Medical News Today

Washing Works: Hand-Washing Keeps Kids in School, and Sickness Out. Teaching good hand-washing skills actually improves school attendance rates. The Atlantic

Kidney-Damage Drug Seen Attacking Spread of Superbacteria. Doctors spurned colistin for decades because it damages kidneys. Now the drug is deemed “critically important” and in demand worldwide to thwart the most obstinate infections. Bloomberg Businessweek also in San Fransisco Chronicle

Preparation of Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 18 June 2012. SANCO. Antimicrobial Resistance. The Presidency would like to inform the members of the Council on the draft Council conclusions on the impact of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the human health sector and in the veterinary sector – a “One Health” perspective. EU Press Releases the joining of forces of the EU C and the drug industry is in a Lancet World Report

Concerns about future treatment of gonorrhoea in Europe: ECDC issues response plan. Press Release ECDC and in Eurosurveillance

Quarterly Epidemiological Commentary:Mandatory MRSA, MSSA and E. colibacteraemia, and C. difficile infectiondata (up to January–March 2012) HPA

Potential International Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Invasive Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis. Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 18, Number 7—July 2012. CDC

Shortage of isolation rooms for MRSA patients. Letterkenny General Hospital has a shortage of isolation rooms for patients who have contracted the MRSA superbug in the hospital. Donegal Democrat

Episodes involving carbapenemases producing Enterobacteriaceae in France. (Google Translate - Episodes impliquant des entérobactéries productrices de carbapénèmases en France. Situation épidémiologique du 18 mai 2012. Institut de veille Sanitaire (French)

Predicting Risk for Death from MRSA Bacteremia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 18, Number 7—July 2012. CDC

Costs of Healthcare- and Community-Associated Infections With Antimicrobial-Resistant versus Susceptible Organisms. CID summary in CIDRAP

Are we reverting to the Pre-Antibiotic ERA ? The high level of resistance to antibiotics is taking its toll on the nation's health and economy. Bangkok Post

Bugs now more resistant to antibiotics. Hospitals in Scandinavia and Australia appear to have fewer hospital-acquired infections than those in the United States and Asia. But all hospitals harbor bacteria that can be passed on to susceptible patients. Jakarta Post

Enterococcus faecalis Clones in Poultry and in Humans with Urinary Tract Infections, Vietnam. Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 18, Number 7—July 2012. CDC

SWEDISH MEDIA

Ompröva antibiotikapolitiken! Överförskrivningen av antibiotika måste minska. debattartikel av Björn Ramel. Läkartidningen och replik från SMI, Stramarådet och Sveriges Kommuner och landsting om antibiotika: Patientsäkerhetssatsningen inte riktad till enskilda förskrivare

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