A regional antibiogram, combined profiles of antimicrobial susceptibility, may provide community hospitals with useful information about low-prevalence pathogens, according to a study published in ...

The importance of prompt empiric therapy is clear: it leads to better survival among patients with both community- and hospital-acquired infections. Tools such as antibiograms are used to help guide ...

Unit‐specific antibiograms are important for making informed decisions about empirical antimicrobial therapy, because the hospital‐wide antibiogram may mask important differences in susceptibility ...

Researchers at National Jewish Health have published data that will help medical providers better understand the susceptibility of various nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) to different drugs. This ...

We’re starting an antibiotic stewardship program at our facility and I was told that as the head nurse, I should be using our “antibiogram.” I am not familiar with this — can you help? The antibiogram ...

Findings from a Canadian study showed that increased consumption of antibiotics in hospitals was associated with increased — not decreased — antibiotic susceptibility for several important hospital ...

The use of a moderate to low susceptibility antibiotic to treat a urinary tract infection [UTI] may result in a 1.74-fold increase in the odds of an emergency department readmission within 30 days for ...

nResearchers from Chennai based Anna University has developed a new portable device to determine antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria infecting the individuals. Named ‘Antibiogram Device’, the gadget ...

Pediatric-specific antibiograms, with updated information on emerging resistant patterns and percentage susceptibilities may be of use in hospitals, according to study results published online.

In a recent study posted to Research Square*, researchers developed and tested a machine learning (ML)-based clinical decision support system (CDSS) to predict antibiotic resistance. Study: Predicting ...

The use of a moderate to low susceptibility antibiotic to treat a urinary tract infection [UTI] may result in a 1.74-fold increase in the odds of an emergency department readmission within 30 days for ...

Diabetes Patients Have Higher Mortality from Infections Antibiograms help guide the selection of the best empiric antimicrobial treatment when microbiology culture and susceptibility results are ...