Practical 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 moreARLG at IDWeek 2019
Are you attending IDWeek 2019? Connect with your ARLG colleagues at the following sessions, oral presentations, and posters. Read moreUpdate from the Pharmacokinetics Special Emphasis Panel
Chair, Pharmacokinetics Special Emphasis Panel Thomas Lodise, Pharm D, PhD Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice The Pharmacokinetics Special Emphasis Panel (PK SEP) is dedicated to enhancing our current understanding of antimicrobial exposure-response relationships in patients with invasive infections. Similar to other ARLG special emphasis panels and committees, the PK SEP supports the ... Read more
ARLG in the News
The ARLG and COMBACTE join forces to create gloabal alliance against antibiotic resistance, DCRI, April 13, 2019
NIH-Funded Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group Details Progress, Challenges, NIAID, March 9, 2017
Report to The President on Combating Antibiotic Resistance, Whitehouse.gov, September 2014
White House references Duke leadership in antibiotic resistance, Duke Medicine News, September 19, 2014
Duke Leadership in Antibiotic Resistance Referenced in New Executive Action, DCRI, September 19, 2014
Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Takes Actions to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Whitehouse.gov, September 18, 2014
ND4BB: Addressing The Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis, Nature Reviews Microbiology, March 10, 2014
NIAID Leadership Group for a Clinical Research Network on Antibacterial Resistance, NIAID, March 4, 2014
ARLG Research Network Will Target the Problem of Antibacterial Resistance, DCRI, November 8, 2013
Antibiotic Resistance in the News
Too many people use antibiotics improperly, which can pose risks, (featuring Vance Fowler, MD) Washington Post, September 16, 2019
Diagnostic developers target antibiotic resistance, Nature.com, October 9, 2015
NIH Funds Nine Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics Projects, NIAID, April 9, 2015
Obama battles 'superbugs' with national plan, CNN.com, March 27, 2015
Combating Antibiotic Resistance, FDA, October 14, 2014
National Strategy to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, CDC, September 22, 2014
New Executive Actions to Combat Antibiotic Resistance and Protect Public Health, Whitehouse.gov, September 18, 2014
Executive Order -- Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, whitehouse.gov, September 18, 2014
PCAST Releases New Report on Combating Antibiotic Resistance, whitehouse.gov, September 18, 2014
Antimicrobial resistance, WHO, April 2014