Author(s): Lewnard JA, Tähtinen PA, Laine MK, Lindholm L, Jalava J, Huovinen P, Lipsitch M, Ruohola A|Journal: J Infect Dis|PMID:29873739| September 2018
Despite concerns that antimicrobial treatment of prevalent infections may select for drug-resistant bacteria, the effects of antimicrobial treatment on colonization…
Author(s): Olesen SW, Torrone EA, Papp JR, Kirkcaldy RD, Lipsitch M, Grad YH|Journal: J Infect Dis|PMID:30239814| September 2018
Rising azithromycin nonsusceptibility among Neisseria gonorrhoeae threatens current treatment recommendations, but the cause of this rise is not well understood.…
Author(s): Chang Q, Abuelaish I, Biber A, Jaber H, Callendrello A, Andam CP, Regev-Yochay G, Hanage WP, On Behalf Of The Picr Study Group|Journal: Euro Surveill|PMID:30153881| August 2018
BackgroundRemarkably high carriage prevalence of a community-associated meticillin-resistant (MRSA) strain of sequence type (ST) 22 in the Gaza strip was…