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Abstract Urinary tract infections are one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide; however, increasing antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens is making it challenging for clinicians to correctly prescribe patients appropriate antibiotics. In this study, we present four interpretable machine learning-based decision support algorithms for predicting antimicrobial resistance. Using electronic health record data from a […]

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling President’s Choice brand sliced white mushrooms after tests showed contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The implicated mushrooms were distributed in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and possibly other provinces and territories, according to the recall notice posted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Government testing found the […]

Payal Patel, MD, an infectious disease physician at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, is the lead researcher behind new recommendations for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections at acute care hospitals worldwide. Employing these essential practices, Dr. Patel asserts, can save hospitals money and improve patient outcomes. The recommendations are the first major update to the […]

Thousands of years ago, ancient Egyptians used moldy bread to heal infected cuts and wounds. They may not have realized it, but their bizarre medical practice relied on fungi to create chemicals that kill infection-causing bacteria. This, in other words, was a very rough draft of an antibiotic drug. These types of molds helped Alexander […]

The University of Virginia logo (Photo credit: The University of Virginia) Pharmaceutical company Qnovia Inc has announced a promising collaboration with the University of Virginia (UVA) to advance innovative inhaled-drug candidates for treating bacterial infections in the lungs. According to the press release, the partnership leverages the expertise of Qnovia in inhaled drug delivery and […]

An important Phase 3 trial has shown that a new drug that targets gonorrhea works as well as the last existing antibiotic to treat the sexually transmitted infection, results that could lead to licensure of the first new treatment for gonorrhea in decades. The co-developers of the drug, the nonprofit Global Antibiotic Research & Development […]

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an independent risk factor for serious infection, even at very low levels of gastrointestinal inflammation. This has been shown by a study at the University of Gothenburg. IBD is an umbrella term for chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, with a population prevalence of around 0.5%. The main types of IBD are […]

Twenty-seven eye drop products sold at popular retailers such as CVS and Target could potentially cause eye infections that may lead to vision issues, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned earlier this week. The agency asked that people stop using and discard any of the 27 affected eye drop products. FDA investigators said that […]

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