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Sociodemographic disparities in antibiotic-resistant outpatient urine cultures in a Boston hospital, 2015-2020: a cross-sectional analysis

October 23, 2024

Courtney W. Chan, Leo K. Westgard, Andrew Romasco, Krisztian Gado, Shira Doron & Maya L. Nadimpalli

Int J Equity Health. 2024 Oct 23;23(1):219.

UN Meeting Highlights Antimicrobial Resistance “Epiphany”—Lack of Antibiotic Access Is a Key Driver

November 8, 2024

This Medical News article discusses the first high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance at the United Nations since 2016 and a new report on the global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance.

Single-cell imaging of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell cycle reveals linear and heterogenous growth

November 15, 2024

Eun Seon Chung, Prathitha Kar, Maliwan Kamkaew, Ariel Amir & Bree B. Aldridge

Nat Microbiol. Nov. 15, 2024. Open Access.

Identification of determinants that allow maintenance of high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

November 26, 2024

Efrat Hamami, Wenwen Huo, Juan Hernandez-Bird, Arnold Castaneda, Jinna Bai, Sapna Syal, Juan C. Ortiz-Marquez, Tim van Opijnen, Edward Geisinger, Ralph R. Isberg

mBio. 2024 Nov 26:e0322124

Socioeconomic status and the risk for colonisation or infection with priority bacterial pathogens: a global evidence map

December 6, 2024

Sarah Blackmon, Esther E Avendano, Nanguneri Nirmala, Courtney W Chan, Rebecca A Morin, Sweta Balaji, Lily McNulty, Samson Alemu Argaw, Shira Doron, Maya L Nadimpalli

Lancet Microbe. 2024 Dec 6:100993.

Weakened Airway Epithelial Junctions and Enhanced Neutrophil Elastase Release Contribute to Age-Dependent Bacteremia Risk Following Pneumococcal Pneumonia

January 8, 2025

Shuying Xu, Tianmou Zhu, Hongmei Mou, Shumin Tan, John M. Leong

Aging Cell. 2025 Jan 8:e14474. doi: 10.1111/acel.14474. Online ahead of print.

Delving into discrepancies, a single-center experience with Accelerate Pheno for gram-negative bacteremia, a rapid phenotypic susceptibility testing method

January 23, 2025

Zoe Freeman Weiss, Dimitar Zelenkov, Jon Englert, Maureen Campion

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025 Jan 23;5(1):e15.

Building Spatiotemporal Understanding of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Host Interactions

January 23, 2025

Anna-Lisa E Lawrence, Shumin Tan

ACS Infect Dis. 2025 Jan 23.

Risk Factors and Outcomes of Invasive Candida Infections in Heart Transplant Recipients: A Case-Control Study

January 28, 2025

Majd Alsoubani, Gabriela Andujar Vazquez, Andrew Strand, Shira Doron, Jennifer Chow

Clin Transplant. 2025 Feb;39(2):e70091.

Penicillin allergy delabeling in long-term care facilities: if not now, then when?

February 24, 2025

Kap Sum Foong, Shira Doron, Alysse Wurcel

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 24;5(1):e61.