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CDC Report on Pan-Resistant NDM Klebsiella in Nevada– A Sad Tale

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During the past few weeks the case of a patient with MDR Klebsiella infection has made the news. We are told that this particular pathogen is “resistant to 26 antibiotics”. We were informed that the patient had multiple prior hospitalizations in India, supposedly the origin of the uncontrolled untreatable infection. Continue reading CDC Report on Pan-Resistant NDM Klebsiella in Nevada– A Sad Tale→

QIDP Antibiotics – 2015 Year-End Update

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Here an updated listing of all QIDP drugs we are aware of as of 12/24/2015. Today just facts and numbers; we will provide an interpretation of the current landscape in upcoming blogs. There are 58 drugs which garnered QIDP status and these are listed in the Main Table below. With the recent Continue reading QIDP Antibiotics – 2015 Year-End Update→

Food for Thought, Sprinkled With Small Amounts of Antibiotic Residues

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80% of antibiotics worldwide are used in veterinary medicine. With only a minor fraction metabolized to inactive compounds, there are plenty of antibiotics excreted by farm animals in unchanged active form. These antibiotic residues are found in manure, in the soil onto which manure is sprayed, tilled in, or in the Continue reading Food for Thought, Sprinkled With Small Amounts of Antibiotic Residues→