Ross M Boyce, MD, MSc, discusses the diagnostic challenges and the need for greater awareness of tick-borne illnesses in the US, considering their potential severity.

ABSTRACT As routine testing of clinical isolates for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production (screen plus phenotypic confirmatory testing) is no longer required by the Clinical and Laboratory ...

Cristinziano et al. report the use of bacteriophages and dual beta lactam antibiotics to treat a patient with a Mycobacterium abscessus sternal wound infection. One of the phages was epigenetically mo...

AbstractBackground. Cefiderocol exhibits potent in vitro activity against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAb), but this activity has not co

The increase in the population of immunocompromised patients due to advances in management of end-stage diseases and transplants poses challenges in treating infections caused by multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens. Cefiderocol (FDC), a siderophore cephalosporin, has shown efficacy against carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria.

AbstractBackground. Antimicrobial resistance is a global public health emergency. Patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) are at

Our findings demonstrated that E. xiangfangensis and E. hoffmannii are common species among international carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter spp., potentially linked to the clonal spread of a few pr...