The importance of prompt empiric therapy is clear: it leads to better survival among patients with both community- and hospital-acquired infections. Tools such as antibiograms are used to help guide ...

The study aims to improve the quality of empiric antibiotic decisions and assess the impact of antibiotic safety and effectiveness in nursing homes. Empiric antibiotic therapy is treatment given based ...

A regional antibiogram, combined profiles of antimicrobial susceptibility, may provide community hospitals with useful information about low-prevalence pathogens, according to a study published in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Skin and soft tissue infections are characterized by invasion of a bacterial pathogen. The type of skin ...

Diabetes Patients Have Higher Mortality from Infections Antibiograms help guide the selection of the best empiric antimicrobial treatment when microbiology culture and susceptibility results are ...

An antibiogram, a report card for bacteria that helps doctors choose the right antibiotic to treat an infection, at the district level is considered to be the first such initiative in the country.

Kerala has released its antibiogram for the third consecutive year, a reflection of the State’s commitment to strengthen the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which poses a significant ...

Kerala has become the first State in the country to bring out an antibiogram. The State’s first antibiogram (2021) shows that antimicrobial resistance (antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause ...