2020 Wolcott Award Goes to Robert A. Bonomo, MD
Robert A. Bonomo, MD, of the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, is the 2020 recipient of the Wolcott Award for Excellence in Clinical Care Leadership. The Wolcott Award recognizes outstanding clinical practitioners who have made monumental contributions to the practice of medicine in the VA healthcare system. It is the most prestigious clinical award for VA ... Read moreNIH Renews Funding up to $102.5M for the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group
As antibiotic-resistant bacteria become more urgent threats worldwide, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today up to $102.5 million in renewed funding over seven years for the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG). This funding will allow the network to continue and enhance its mission ... Read morePractical efforts to curb antibiotic prescriptions could have large effect in small hospitals
An ARLG study sheds light on the feasibility of antibiotic stewardship programs in small, community hospitals that have limited resources. The DICON I study refers to the Duke Infection CONtrol Network that provides access to the community hospitals doing research. Led by Deverick Anderson, M.D., director of the Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, ... Read moreARLG study helps physicians rapidly determine whether antibiotics will be effective against certain bacterial infections
A recent study supported by the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group, (ARLG) called The Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Clinical Impact of RAPid Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Gram-Negative Bacteremia (RAPIDS-GN) is the largest study to evaluate the clinical impact of rapid blood culture diagnostics in the management of patients with Gram-negative bacilli bloodstream infections. RAPIDS-GN results ... Read more
ARLG in the News
NIH Renews Funding for the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group, NIAID, December 13, 2019
Research Network Based at DCRI Awarded up to $102.5M for Work on Antibacterial Resistance, DCRI, December 13, 2019
Duke Clinical Research scores $102.5M federal award for its work on antibacterial resistance, WRAL TechWire, December 2019.
Duke Clinical Research Institute lands $100M+ federal contract, Triangle Business Journal, December 2019.
Licensing Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Extragenital Gonorrhea and Chlamydia: Innovative Science and a Call to Arms. Clinical Infectious Diseases editorial authors praise the ARLG MASTER-GC study for its clinical relevance and collaborative approach to the development of diagnostics. November 2019.
Reviewing data collected by the ARLG, FDA clears first diagnostic tests for extragenital testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea, FDA, May 23, 2019
The ARLG and COMBACTE join forces to create gloabal alliance against antibiotic resistance, DCRI, April 13, 2019
Antibiotic Resistance in the News
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releases its 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report, CDC November 2019
Wellcome Trust releases report on Reframing Resistance—How to communicate about antimicrobial resistance effectively, October 2019
Too many people use antibiotics improperly, which can pose risks, (featuring Vance Fowler, MD) Washington Post, September 16, 2019