Saturday, September 20, 2008

A new Antibiotic on the horizon

Medical News Today has an article about a new antibiotic, ready for phase 1 clinical trials: a new class, “a synthetic chemical mimic of host defense proteins”,
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119228.php
International News
UK: The Independent says “Antibiotics to delay premature birth may harm babies”, and the CMO of the Government has written to all GP:s and obstetricians with a warning, after an article in the Lancet on the subject.
Gothenburg: A large campaign is launched at Sahlgrenska Hospital to convince the 2000 doctors to use ABs more prudently. MRSA has been a big problem, but now resistant gramnegatives is also more in focus.
US: An increase in the dangerous combination of MRSA colonization plus influenza leading to serious pneumonia is reported in Los Angeles Times – and a CDC Epidemiologist recommends influenza vaccination.
US: C difficile is noted as a “Rising Foe” in the Wall Street Journal

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