Global Scenario of Bacteria, Infections, Antibiotics and Resistance- By Dr. A. J. Tamhankar (Research Associate: Sandeep Nerkar)

Unprecedented Insight Into Causes Of Pneumococcal Disease Offered By Genome Sequencing

Protein Complex Found In Breast Milk Forces Drug-Resistant 'Superbugs' Including MRSA To Respond To Antibiotics Again

Hospital Over-Use Of Antibiotics Can Be Reduced By Targeting Prescribers 

New Genre Of Antibodies Offer Hope In The Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria 

A Step Closer To Understanding Why Antibiotics Are Ineffective Against Certain Types Of Bacteria

Bacteria Evolve Resistance More Quickly When Stronger Antibiotics Are Used

 Not Enough Is Being Done To Educate Those Living In Border Communities About The Long-Term Effects Of Antibiotic Overuse And Misuse

In-Hospital And Outpatients Are Faced With Different Problems In Antibiotic Resistance 

Progress In Antibiotic Development 'Alarmingly Elusive' Despite Superbug Crisis 

Battle Of The Bugs: Can Combining Antibiotics Increase Antibiotic Resistance?

Parents Tend To Share More Bacteria With Family Dogs Than Children 

Despite Superbug Crisis, Progr ess In Antibiotic Development 'Alarmingly Elusive'

Not Enough Is Being Done To Educate Those Living In Border Communities About The Long-Term Effects Of Antibiotic Overuse And Misuse 

In-Hospital And Outpatients Are Faced With Different Problems In Antibiotic Resistance 

Progress In Antibiotic Development 'Alarmingly Elusive' Despite Superbug Crisis 

Much Of American Meat Contaminated With Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria 

TB Rates Need To Drop 10 Times Faster For Elimination By 2050 

WHO – World Hand Hygiene Day celebrated - WHO 

UK – new strain of C difficile, ribotype 332, killed threepatients in one health board area of Scotland recently – BBC News 

Austria - ”When the hospital is unhealthy”; reports on SSI from ECCMID Berlin; recent figures from ECDC cited, with 37 000 deaths in Europe yearly from HAI, of around 4.1 million HAI:s totally – Salzburger Nachrichten 

Malta – high rates of MRSA in patients (10 – 15%)  admitted to Mater Dei hospital nowmotivates new routines on admission –  Times of Malta 

US-  ”Nightmare bacteria” on the rise in US hospitals and long term care facilities – ”In 2012, only a decade after the CDC first identified a case of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a North Carolinalong-term care facility, nearly 5% of acute care hospitals and nearly 18% of long-term care facilities reported at least 1 carbapenem-resistant infection associated with health care, according to a CDC report” – JAMA network