Browse By Topic Drug Resistance
Some Good News in the Field of Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial and antibacterial resistance are still growing problems, but there’s good news out there too, including increasing penicillin-susceptible S. aureus and decreasing mcr-1-mediated colistin resistance.
Drug Resistance and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Breakthrough Infections Threaten Goals to End the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
HIV positive individuals who go undiagnosed or untreated, resistance to antiretroviral drugs and breakthrough infections in those taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are complicating the path to achieving the UNAIDS 95:95:95 goal.
Colistin Breakpoints Redux – or, the Fun Don’t Stop, Yo!
What do the new Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute colistin susceptibility breakpoints for Enterobacterales mean and how can your lab adopt them?