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You may be aware of recent food product recalls associated with food poisoning due to listeria contamination: ready-to-eat products, deli meats, sandwiches, protein snacks, chicken, turkey, cheese and dairy products. The list is long as Listeria is ubiquitous in the environment. One can find it in meat and milk/cheese products Continue reading LISTERIA: Food Recalls, Outbreaks, and Resistance
The discussion emphasizes challenges in clinical antibiotic trials which failed to effectively target multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens. It advocates for using rapid PCR diagnostics to streamline trials, ensuring focus on pathogens of concern, and calls for regulatory adaptations to enhance study design and antibiotic testing efficacy. Continue reading EMBLAVEO (AZTREONAM+AVIBACTAM) Microbiology Testing for MDR Pathogens
The FDA web site usually provides label and review documents for approved drugs.[1] Emblaveo, the combination of aztreonam and avibactam, was approved in February 2025, almost ½ year ago, but clinical review documents are still not posted at the site.[2] Hence, we do not know how Regulators felt about the Continue reading An Intro to Emblaveo (aztreonam + avibactam)