‘Cocktail’ of medicines in waterways could pose new AMR threat Research has revealed that medicines combined with ciprofloxacin are more likely to increase antibiotic-resistant genes compared with exposure to antibiotics alone.…
Urinary tract infection in children: diagnosis and management An overview of the diagnosis and empirical management of urinary tract infections in children.…
MHRA approves first new UTI antibiotic in 30 years Gepotidacin (Blujepa; GSK) is approved for the treatment of uncomplicated UTIs in patients aged 12 years and over, who weigh at least 40kg.…
Urinary tract infection in adults: diagnosis, management and prevention This article covers the optimisation of patient outcomes through prompt diagnosis of, and appropriate antibiotic prescribing for, urinary tract infections.…
Vaccines often overlooked in antimicrobial stewardship, microbiologists warn Attendees of a roundtable organised by the Microbiology Society concluded that there was an “urgent need to strengthen the evidence base for vaccine impact on AMR”.…
UK would struggle with emergency response to antimicrobial infection epidemic, MPs warn The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee also said that inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in primary care is “too high”, with an estimated 20% of antibiotic prescriptions deemed unnecessary.…
‘Massive change’ in antibiotic prescribing for children in primary care since COVID-19 Speaking at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress 2025, Kieran Hand announced that the number of patients aged under ten years old prescribed antibiotics in primary care had increased.…
C. difficile cases increase by one-third over three years, government data show Data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show that a three-year increase in Clostridioides difficile infections in England was observed across all seven UKHSA regions.…
Almost 80% of pharmacies receive inappropriate antibiotic requests every day, reveals survey The majority of pharmacies surveyed by the National Pharmacy Association also said they were worried that demand for antibiotics for minor ailments “posed a serious risk to patient safety”.…
New antibiotic already causing AMR concerns, study results suggest Researchers also found that ceftazidime with avibactam-resistant bacteria coincided with the presence of carbapenemase genes.…
