In a recent study, a group of economists found that taxing some antibiotics that are more profitable than others could be a highly effective measure to prevent doctors from over-prescribing those ...

Broad-spectrum antibiotics are used more generally when the organism is unknown, exacerbating AMR. The UK government report, published in 2016, recommended testing for pathogens before prescribing and ...

An algorithm-driven risk assessment embedded in an electronic health record (EHR) helped clinicians reduce inappropriate broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing by 17.4% and 28.4% in patients with UTIs ...

University of Otago scientists are harnessing the power of peptides—the body's own tiny protein molecules—for a spray to help the red meat industry solve headaches around bacterial contamination and ...

Among adults treated for community-acquired pneumonia in the outpatient setting, broad-spectrum antibiotics vs macrolide monotherapy were associated with an increased risk for adverse drug events.

Taxing certain antibiotics could help efforts to tackle the escalating threat of antibiotic resistance in humans, according to a new study. Taxing certain antibiotics could help efforts to tackle the ...

Clinical outcomes among adult inpatients were no worse when broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was delayed vs started early, challenging the belief that overly broad-spectrum empiric antibiotic therapy ...