Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

Cases of potentially fatal superbugs resistant to all antibiotics are increasing across Britain and Europe.
ECDC, EFSA, EMEA and the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) publish a joint scientific opinion on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) focused on infections transmitted to humans from animals and food (zoonoses).
A campaign to discourage the abuse and misuse of antibiotics launched in Malta

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario-By Dr. A.J. Tamhankar

Breakthrough in understanding of the molecular characteristics of spores may lead to new methods for sterilizing food and medical equipment.
How Escherichia coli have evolved to capture rare sugars from their environment
Optimer Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment In Second Fidaxomicin Phase 3 Clinical Trial In Patients With Clostridium Difficile Infection
New imaging technique-Mass spectrometry used to monitor chemical warfare between microbes- could lead to better antibiotics and cancer drugs
British Medical Association Says More Action Needed To Tackle Superbugs

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario

A report on IIMAR participated INDEPTH-ReAct workshop on ABR
A New Communication System Between Streptococci
Silver (And Copper) Antimicrobial Bullets To Kill Bacteria
How Bacteria Talk To One Another
How Plants And Bacteria 'Talk' To Thwart Disease
Unique Human Microbe Communities Have Wide Implications For Human Health
Bacterial Populations varies From Person To Person
Climate Change Is Biggest Global Health Threat To Children
'Clever Cleaning' The Way To Beat Hospital Superbugs, UK
BioAlliance Pharma Presents Additional US Pivotal Phase III Results On Loramyc™ (Miconazole Lauriad(R))
How Symbiotic Bacteria Evolve
Campaign To Increase Use Of Zinc To Prevent Childhood Diarrhea
First Annual World Pneumonia Day
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: a review of general principles and contemporary practices.
Antibiotic Resistance in Antarctica
ABR bacteria in ICU- European experience

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario

First World Pneumonia Day on 2nd November'09 Reveals Global Burden – CDC's public health professionals join with others to help
MORE than one in five intensive care doctors working in hospitals across Europe are now seeing patients with bugs that are “totally or almost totally” resistant to antibiotics, according to a new survey - Irish Times.
Deadly superbugs have increased despite a crackdown on the best-known infections such as MRSA in UK, a parliamentary report will warn this week
UK - 'Clever Cleaning' The Way To Beat Hospital Superbugs,
UK - Fourth Report of the Mandatory Surveillance of Surgical Site Infection in Orthopaedic Surgery: April 2004 to March 2008 - of all SSI:s by staph aureus, 60% are MRSA, and of ALL SSI:s 26% are caused by MRSA - HPA
Prevention & Control of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) - US/CDC guidelines
"Non-therapeutic use" of antibiotics at sub-therapeutic levels for growth promotion in animals can create perfect conditions for bacteria to become resistant not only to one antibiotic, but to entire classes of the medicines- chicagotribune - US.
Hospital acquired infection at 30% level in Kenya

Modern medicine 'under threat' from antibiotic overuse
Safe use of hand sanitizers
Genome-Scale Identification Method Applied to Find Cryptic Aminoglycoside Resistance Genes Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Scientists at Queen's University, Medical Biology Center publish new data on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevention
Scientists retrace history of Leprosy

E. Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UK
NovaBay's Aganocides Show Penetration And Efficacy In A Pre-Clinical Infected Human Nail Model Of Onychomycosis
The Final Frontier: Disease Proposed As Major Barrier To Mars And Beyond
Researchers Identify Genetic Links To Fungal Infection Susceptibility
Depressed Pregnant Women Could Be At Higher Risk For Severe Response To Flu Infection
Gilead's Aztreonam For Inhalation Solution To Be Reviewed By FDA Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee On December 10, 2009
Animals Now Picking Up Bugs From People, Study Shows
Inhibikase Therapeutics Discusses New Platform For Infectious Disease Pharmaceuticals At BIOCOM 2009
New Combination Therapy Looks Promising Against Ulcer Bacteria
Rethinking The Antibody-dependent Enhancement Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Model

Request for a common short report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) focussed on
zoonotic infections based on the information currently available
Population Mobility, Globalization, and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
Virulent Strain of MRSA Resists Treatment
Antibiotic Resistance still a major public health threat – Studies show it's worsening while there are few new Antibiotics in pipeline
An outbreak of hospital-acquired staphylococcus aureus skin infection among newborns, nan province, thailand, january 2008

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario

HHS Awards $17 Million In A New National Initiative To Fight Health Care-Associated Infections

E. Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UK

Discovery Of Trigger For Deadly Food Toxin

Scientists Create NICE Solution To Pneumonia Vaccine Testing Problems

Genomes of Two Popular Research Strains of E. coli Sequenced; Tracing the History, Genetic Makeup of Workhorse Laboratory Bacteria

Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Effective At Preventing Child Deaths

Small Turtles Linked To Salmonella Outbreak

MorphoSys And Daiichi Sankyo Forge Alliance To Develop Novel Antibody Therapies Against Hospital-Acquired Infections

Antibiotic Resistant Infections Cost The U.S. Healthcare System In Excess Of $20 Billion Annually

Improving Global Response To Emerging Pandemics With Funding Of $185 Million

Cummings School Awarded USAID Grant Targeting Emerging Infectious Diseases

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario

World Handwashing Day marked in more than 80 countries

E. Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UK

Tradis Technique Tackles Typhoid: First High-throughput Functional Analysis Of Every Salmonella Typhi Gene

Some 'Friendly' Bacteria May Play Inordinate Role in shaping our immune system

Theory On Protective Effect Of Being Warm-Blooded Offered By Einstein Research

Discovery Lays Groundwork For Better Understanding Of Protective Human Microbes In The Gut

WHO, UNICEF Publish Plan To Reduce Childhood Diarrhea Deaths

Paradigm Shift Needed To Combat Drug Resistance

What Is Glandular Fever? What Causes Glandular Fever? What Is Infectious Mononucleosis?

Used Hotel Soaps Help Prevent Disease In Developing Countries

Princeton University Study Reveals The Crucial Role Of DispersinB(R) Substrate To Bacterial Cell Surface Interaction In Biofilm Formation

Surgeons Discover A Visceral Fat Hormone That Could Protect Against Life-threatening Sepsis

Annual Epidemiological Report 2009 by ECDC

Hospital Workers May Trigger Dangerous Outbreaks

Swine Flu Return May Cause Rise In MRSA

Uncomplicated lower UTI infections in Turkey shows high resistance rates to fluoroquinolones

ABR Infections Cost the US Healthcare System over 20 Billion USD Annually

ESBL outbreak in New Zealand

Global Antibiotic Resistance Scenario

Researchers Discover How Some Infectious Bacteria Evade Destruction And Survive In Human Cells

Inexpensive Locally Produced Oral Cholera Vaccine Proven Safe And Effective

E. Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UK

Liverpool Hospital Fined Over Legionella, UK

Statement By Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Regarding Recent E. Coli Story

BioDelivery Sciences Receives $1.3 Million US Army Grant For Investigation Of Bioral Amphotericin B In Topical Leishmaniasis

Ventilation mask leakage may contaminate hospital room

Iron Regulates susceptibility to infections and the TLR4 Inflammatory Signaling Pathway

E. Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UK

Understanding A Cell's Split Personality Aids Synthetic Circuits

Team Finds A Better Way To Watch Bacteria Swim

E Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UK

CDC launches again the campaign “Get Smart: Know When AB:s Work”

”Global Handwashing Day” was initiated by a global public-private partnership in 2008, and has now been launched again on October 15

US, ASM Report on ABR; ”ABR: An Ecological Perspective on an Old Problem” is recently out, presenting a more complicated background to ABR than just AB misuse.

US, ABs in food animal production; the bill on the subject has yet not passed Congress.

US, Harvard receives NIH funding for ABR research – NIH allocates 5 million USD to the ”Harvard-wide Program on AB Resistance”

New Zealand, Food Safety Authority investigation; NZ wants more knowledge on the consequences for human flora ABR of AB use in animals, and has started a year-long survey of ABR in the food chain

E. coli's Kayak Paddle-Lke Motion Tracked For First Time

Recent Releases In Global Health

E Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UK

Caltech Scientists Get Detailed Glimpse Of Chemoreceptor Architecture In Bacterial Cells Understanding How Humans Battle Infectious Disease Aided By Study Of Fish Mechanism To Fend Off Invading Germs

How Good Are Indicator Bacteria At Predicting Pathogens In Recreational Water?

Hygiene And Physical Barriers Should Be Given Higher Priority In Pandemic Plans

More Sophisticated, Better Coordinated Global System Needed To Effectively Prevent, Detect, Respond To Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

New Way Deadly Food-borne Bacteria Spread Discovered By University Of Central Florida Professor

E Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UK

Terms Of Reference For Independent Investigation Into Godstone Farm E.coli O157 Outbreak Agreed

Flooding In The Philippines Could Spread Infectious Diseases, Health Department Says

Advanced Life Sciences' Restanza Demonstrates Efficacy In Plague Pivotal Animal Study

The Desperate Need for New Antibiotics (TIME Magazine), also a report by CNN

European Antibiotic Awareness Day – the second – is on November 18

Public Health Agency of Canada releases its CIPARS report on human and animal AMR data, as well as AMR prescriptions

First two strains of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC) in Finland reported, isolated from two imported patients from Crete, Greece and northwestern Italy

C diff shows an improvement after the massive investments in improved hygiene launched by Gordon Brown

MRSA pre-admission screening whether UK governmental policy does more harm than good

Can Ambulance service caused disease spread

World MRSA Day - Oct 1st in Chicago by non-profit MRSA Survivors Network

Antibiotic Awareness Week in US - October 5 to Oct 11, 2009

EMEA technical report, and EU Presidency conference on need for new ABs – commented by ReAct; and same event echoed by Australian Sydney Morning Herald

MRSA spread between man and animals

“Doomsday bug creeping closer”