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Mudenda et al. provide evidence on the sale of antibiotics used in broiler chickens without a prescription in Zambia and call for improved stewardship and better regulatory enforcement: doi.org/10.1093/jacamr… @OUPMedicine Oxford Journals #JACAMRNews

Most medical decisions are informed by diagnostic testing Excellent 🆕️⚡️commentary by Jon Baghdadi Dan Morgan CMI Communications Diagnostic Tests Should be Assessed for Clinical Impact I like how they talk about procalcitonin! Brad Spellberg #idxposts sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🏥Healthcare as a driver, reservoir and amplifier of antimicrobial resistance published in Nature Reviews Microbiology rdcu.be/dONJM Derek Cocker Jesus Rodriguez Manzano Raheelah Ahmad Nina Zhu CAMO-Net ⬇️Opportunities for interventions ⬇️

Visual abstract of 1st NICU #antibiotic stewardship study in all of Africa w 437 pharmacist interventions International Society for Infectious Diseases

Each year, five million deaths are associated with antimicrobial resistance, more than from HIV, TB, and malaria combined. #IDXposts The BMJ bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Read about the #PROTEA study funded by Wellcome at UCT Research UCT IDM and working with One Health Trust Eh!woza Hisp India #AIMS & #PGIMER Focused on intersectional research in #AMR across 🇿🇦 and 🇮🇳 wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-400

High rate of carbapenem resistance in bacteria that cause newborn #sepsis in Africa. More Neonatal stewardship needed! Angela Dramowski Adrian Brink Dr Dena van den Bergh Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) Wellcome Gates Foundation Jason Newland cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-…

Wow. It's published! Our new article that will spark some good active discussion among ID people! 🆕️🔥 Clinical Microbiology and Infection by ID master Brad Spellberg & 🌟s Todd C. Lee Emily McDonald Revisiting Diagnostics: ESR and CRP:It's Time to Stop the Zombie Tests clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

🆕️⚡️⚡️Multicenter cohort study in ICUs of 15 hospitals in Australia and NZ Antibiotic De-Escalation Practices in the Intensive Care Unit Timely ADE may not occur in 40% of patients in the ICU and is less likely to occur in patients with negative cultures journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Neonatal #antibiotic use slashed in multi-disciplinary SA project medicalbrief.co.za/neonatal-antib… via Juta MedicalBrief 😃 Dr Dena van den Bergh Adrian Brink Angela Dramowski Great press release!

#WAAW2024 - importance of hand hygiene in #IPC to ⬇️ spread of bacteria in hospitals where antibioitc resistance #AMR is at its greatest If Alcohol-based handrub had been used properly, it would have looked like its soap & water counterpart. 🙏 to our amazing microbiologists!

👏👏👏 Adrian Brink and all in C18 at GSH

🆕🔥ROAD Study🔥🆕 Resistance Optimised Antibiotic Dosing A pilot study by Jason Roberts CMI Communications Is dosing of meropenem and piperacillin-tazobactam optimised to prevent the emergence of antibiotic resistance safe and feasible in the ICU? #idxposts sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Read about the great work of Dr Dena van den Bergh Angela Dramowski and Adrian Brink here 👏🏻👏🏻🇿🇦🇿🇦 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27312577/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38945432/

🔥 📝 Multisite study public/private 🏥 in #Neonatal 💊 #stewardship 🇿🇦 on how to contextualise multidisciplinary interventions at scale JAC-AMR BSAC With Dr Dena van den Bergh Angela Dramowski Debbie Goff Adrian Brink et al. Wellcome CAMO-Net pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39872681/

We love these words from Tom Gottlieb - your ASIDANZ friends and colleagues are bursting with pride!

mdpi.com/2079-6382/14/1… A Longer Duration of Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment for Patients with Early Periprosthetic Joint Infections Is Not Associated with a Lower Failure Rate Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟

The African Bioinformatics Institute Stakeholder meeting was held over the last 2 days in Cape Town. There was excellent engagement and and lots of ideas for the establishment of this important organization.

Congratulations to IDM Associate Member, Anna Happel on her well-deserved selection for WomenLift Health's Inaugural Southern Africa Leadership Journey!

🆕💫 Clinical Microbiology and Infection Establishing Core Competencies for Antimicrobial Stewardship Teams: A Consensus Development Using the Modified Delphi Technique; an ESGAP position paper #IDXposts clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…