Development of a Multifaceted Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum for Undergraduate Medical Education: The Antibiotic Stewardship, Safety, Utilization, Resistance, and Evaluation (ASSURE) Elective
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Development of a Multifaceted Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum for Undergraduate Medical Education: The Antibiotic Stewardship, Safety, Utilization, Resistance, and Evaluation (ASSURE) Elective

Antibiotic stewardship (AS) is the effort to measure antibiotic misuse. The AS intent to improve antibiotic prescribing by clinicians and use by patients so that antibiotics are only prescribed and used when needed; to minimize misdiagnoses or delayed diagnoses leading to underuse of antibiotics; and to ensure that the right…

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July 20, 2021
Current Challenges and Future Opportunities of Phage Therapy
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Current Challenges and Future Opportunities of Phage Therapy

The discovery and introduction of antibiotics in clinical practice had revolutionized the field of modern medicine. However, the golden period of antibiotics has come to an end due to the injudicious use of antibiotics, the bacteria managed to develop multiple antibiotic resistance (ABR) mechanisms. ABR is a major public health…

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July 6, 2021
Environmental Hotspots for Antibiotic Resistance Genes
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Environmental Hotspots for Antibiotic Resistance Genes

Misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals and plants lead to the development of antibiotic resistance. This phenomenon is not confined to humans or animals alone. Antibiotic resistance gets transferred between humans, animals, and the environment through antibiotic resistance genes. The soil and water contain diverse microbial communities. Antibiotic misuse coupled…

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July 5, 2021
Prevalence and Multidrug Resistance Pattern of Methicillin Resistant S. aureus Isolated from Frozen Chicken Meat in Bangladesh
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Prevalence and Multidrug Resistance Pattern of Methicillin Resistant S. aureus Isolated from Frozen Chicken Meat in Bangladesh

The World Health Organization (WHO) characterizes food-borne diseases as “disease of infectious or toxic nature caused by consumption of food or water. Out of various food-borne pathogens, infections by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are continuously expanding within the community. Methicillin resistance in this bacterial species is very alarming for human…

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June 28, 2021
Antibiotic prescribing in patients with COVID-19: rapid review and meta-analysis
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Antibiotic prescribing in patients with COVID-19: rapid review and meta-analysis

COVID-19 has taken the world by storm with a devastating impact on the society as well as the healthcare system. Despite COVID-19 is caused due to a virus, antibiotics are being prescribed to the COVID-19 patients, the reason being “suspecting bacterial co-infection”. In fact, studies has shown that  the bacterial…

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March 12, 2021