antibiotic

Treatment costs for drug-resistant staph infections were about $38,500 compared with more than $40,700 for MSSA-associated pneumonias.

While the researchers found no change in the overall annual antibiotic prescribing rate, or the prescribing rate of any one...

NIH study finds effective surveillance efforts for drug-resistant organisms minimize patient infections, even close to a reservoir of resistant bacteria.

A systemwide initiative involving physicians, nurses, laboratory operations, and pharmacists has helped the nonprofit reduce its sepsis mortality rate.

A study links dental antibiotic prescribing with C. diff infection, and often, unnecessary prescriptions.

Efforts to combat infectious disease include national surveillance and funds to fight antibiotic resistance and foodborne illnesses in healthcare facilities.