The importance of prompt empiric therapy is clear: it leads to better survival among patients with both community- and hospital-acquired infections. Tools such as antibiograms are used to help guide ...

We’re starting an antibiotic stewardship program at our facility and I was told that as the head nurse, I should be using our “antibiogram.” I am not familiar with this — can you help? The antibiogram ...

Thiruvananthapuram: To assess the level of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Kerala and to coordinate efforts to combat it, the 2023 antibiogram (AMR surveillance report) released by health minister ...

An antibiogram, a report card for bacteria that helps doctors choose the right antibiotic to treat an infection, at the district level is considered to be the first such initiative in the country.

Kerala has become the first State in the country to bring out an antibiogram. The State’s first antibiogram (2021) shows that antimicrobial resistance (antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause ...

Researchers at National Jewish Health have published data that will help medical providers better understand the susceptibility of various nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) to different drugs. This ...

Kerala has released its antibiogram for the third consecutive year, a reflection of the State’s commitment to strengthen the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which poses a significant ...

Diabetes Patients Have Higher Mortality from Infections Antibiograms help guide the selection of the best empiric antimicrobial treatment when microbiology culture and susceptibility results are ...

CHENNAI: The National Hub for Healthcare Instrumentation Development (NHHID) funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has developed a portable ‘antibiogram’ device that will help ...

Kerala has released district-level antibiograms for five districts for 2025, becoming the first state in the country to publish antibiogram reports at the district level.