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.…
Antibiotic could help tackle drug-resistant gonorrhoea, study results suggest Researchers found that gepotidacin was as effective as the current recommended first-line therapy for gonorrhoea.…
Welsh community pharmacy to receive one-off £6m stability payment The Welsh government's investment in community pharmacies is equivalent to an added 30p per prescription item dispensed in January, February and March 2025.…
Rapid on-site genetic sequencing could help curb antimicrobial-resistant outbreaks, says MHRA Researchers found that rapid on-site genetic sequencing detects bacterial infections within two days, which is “significantly faster“ than traditional methods.…
