Drug-Resistant Pathogens

The shoes of workers, wheelchair wheels and flooring are potential sources of drug-resistant pathogen spread in long-term care settings, finds a new study.

Patients with multiple comorbidities and positive blood cultures have higher odds of mortality when diagnosed with ​​certain common bacterial infections, investigators say.

Proton pump inhibitors, beta-blockers, antimetabolites linked to infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria

FluGen gets federal backing to study nasal spray H3N2 flu vaccine in older adults … Aspirin linked to 20% reduction in cancer deaths, large review suggests … Vanco-resistant Staph infections triple...

The task of finding effective first-line antibiotics for common urinary tract infections is becoming more difficult as antimicrobial resistance rises, a new study suggests.

Nursing home residents hospitalized for sepsis have high rates of multidrug-resistant bloodstream infections, putting them at risk for a host of adverse outcomes — including longer intensive care stays,...

Nine pathogens accounted for 90% of UTIs reported to the CDC, and 36% of infections were linked to one that was antibiotic resistant, investigators say.

Antibiograms cannot be used interchangeably between acute care and nursing home affiliates … Antipsychotics raise risk of heart attack, death in hospital study … Lifelong female exercisers benefit...

Single odds-defying case may lead to new Alzheimer’s treatments … Fully digital Alzheimer’s study to track risk factors in 400,000 volunteers … Blood samples may identify those at risk for frailty...

Hospital insects carry drug-resistant bacteria … Chemo tied to long-term survivorship in high-risk acute myeloid leukemia … National Institute on Aging report: integrate frailty into aging research...