Antimicrobial SP

Supporting effective treatment for infectious disease while combating antimicrobial resistance

Discover the role of pharmacists who specialize in infectious disease in supporting antimicrobial stewardship and optimizing antimicrobial use.

Addressing antimicrobial resistance in Australian water sources

"Measuring, Managing, Mitigating: Gaining a One Health Perspective on Removing Antimicrobial Residues from Water," a white paper released today by Shawview Consulting, provides recommendations aimed...

How were antibiotics used during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Researchers explores the application of antimicrobial stewardship in the antibiotic prescribing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Key to Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance? Dollars, Experts Say

Paying for value, not volume, will bring more antibiotics to market, improve stewardship

Fralick: Canada must properly fund its plan to fight antimicrobial resistance

Dual-action antibiotic found that kills C. difficile, preventing reinfections

A team of biochemists at the University of Notre Dame has found a possible new way to treat patients infected with Clostridioides difficile, a type of bacteria that causes serious gastrointestinal...

How do ‘Candida auris’ and other fungi develop drug resistance? A microbiologist explains

Multidrug-resistant fungal infections are an emerging global health threat. Figuring out how fungi evade treatments offers new avenues to counter resistance.

Impact funds help fight dementia and antibiotic resistance

Some of the world’s biggest health challenges do not lend themselves to conventional investment

Researchers discover new antimicrobial resistance gene associated with livestock disease treatment

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) have discovered how a previously overlooked gene is involved in antimicrobial resistance—a growing global issue that threatens the health and...

The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis Has a Troubling Twist

A major new UN report says we’ve ignored the role of environmental degradation in fueling the superbugs that kill 1.27 million people each year.

Antibiotics are being inappropriately prescribed for COVID, increasing the threat of antimicrobial...

Antibiotics are a cornerstone of modern medicine, but resistance is a big challenge – and it’s possibly being exacerbated by the COVID pandemic.