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The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @bsacandjac.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“While levels of antibiotic use have declined… the number of reported antibiotic-resistant infections have risen." A new supplement in @jac-amr.bsky.social lays out the key findings from the English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (ESPAUR) report: 24-25.
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Volume 8 Issue Supplement_2 | JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance | Oxford Academic
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance is a new fully open access journal from the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. The journal publishes academic content, as well as commentaries on stewardship ...
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The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @bsacandjac.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
A systematic review of #antimicrobialstewardship education for undergraduate students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary science and midwifery using COM-B framework. @jac-amr.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jacamr/artic...
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A national survey showed knowledge of #AntimicrobialResistance differed among healthcare workers, demonstrating the need for targeted training to tackle AMR doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The French 10-year national policy had a successful impact on resistance to fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins in clinical E.coli from cattle, dogs and cats doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Article showing the impact of community pharmacy in the management of URTIs using TARGET TYI-RTI leaflets: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... @sejalcparekh.bsky.social @dianeashiru.bsky.social #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Genomic surveillance reveals widespread, diverse OXA-244-producing E. coli in Jerusalem, underscoring urgent need for enhanced detection and control doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
This paper investigates how resistance to antibiotics used for simple UTIs affects the resistance rate to antibiotics used to treat pyelonephritis: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
💊 Community pharmacists play a key role in tackling inappropriate antibiotic use! This study explores how they decide when and how to intervene to improve prescriptions: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #AntibioticStewardship #Pharmacy #AMR #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Due to stability issues, there are limited options for OPAT in patients with CRAB infections. Extended stability data should be investigated: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
This study characterizes carbapenemase genes in Enterobacterales, A. baumannii & P. aeruginosa isolates collected via the National Surveillance of AMR Program Novel carbapenemase genes and their combinations emerged in Peru during the #COVID19 pandemic doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Comment on: The environmental impact of intravenous antimicrobial therapies: a comparison of OPAT and inpatient administration care pathways doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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Comment on: The environmental impact of intravenous antimicrobial therapies: a comparison of OPAT and inpatient administration care pathways
With great interest, we read the article by Cole et al. on the environmental impact of intravenous antimicrobial therapies.1 We commend the authors for add
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This study describes two NDM-producing E. hormaechei isolates recovered in 2023 from hospitalized patients at a large academic medical centre in Southeast Michigan: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Association between health inequalities and the risk of antibiotic-resistant infection in high-income countries: a scoping review: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... @dianeashiru.bsky.social #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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Association of factors linked to health inequalities and the risk of antibiotic-resistant infection in high-income countries: a systematic scoping review
AbstractIntroduction. Antibiotic-resistant infections (ARIs) disproportionately affect vulnerable populations, yet research of health inequalities in ARIs
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This study found that positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in long-term care facilities were associated with a decrease in antibiotic prescriptions, indicating potential influence on prescribing practices during outbreaks: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
‘Veterinary Prescribing Champions’ in farm practice implement #AntimicrobialStewardship changes across Wales within the Arwain Complex Intervention: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Enterobacterales causing infections in the elderly showed a similar antimicrobial resistance profile but a lower frequency of CRE and MDR isolates when compared to adults: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
In high-risk febrile neutropenic patients, an AMS bundle safely reduced broad-spectrum antibiotic use, shifting from MEM to CAZ and shortening treatment duration A meaningful step forward in #AntimicrobialStewardship in high-risk populations doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship bundle on the outcome of high-risk neutropenic patients with fever: a pre-post study
AbstractBackground. Rapid antibiotic initiation is essential for managing potential infections following chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. However, excessi
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This retrospective cohort study demonstrated feasibility of leveraging a national laboratory-based surveillance system to quantify the impact of antimicrobial-susceptible and -resistant hospital-onset bloodstream infections: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
This study showed that production of the ESBL PER-7 in A. baumannii leads to cefiderocol resistance, further limiting therapeutic options against this high-risk pathogen: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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Influence of PER-7 on cefiderocol susceptibility in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii producing OXA-23 or OXA-72 carbapenemases
Acinetobacter baumannii poses a significant challenge in clinical settings due to its ability to cause nosocomial infections and its extensive resistance t
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
There could be exchange of antibiotic resistance and resistance genes among bacterial isolates from clinical, environmental and poultry samples This might increase circulation of antibiotic resistance: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Costs for patients with antibiotic treatment failure and history of recurrence should be considered when treating patients with acute uncomplicated cystitis in Japan: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
This is the first survey done in almost 2 decades to examine the antimicrobial and prophylactic antifungal policies of UK tertiary level neonatal intensive care units and to assess these against the NICE neonatal infection guideline doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
@bsacandjac.bsky.social #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance
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The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @bsacandjac.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Our New Agents Conference on 10 Feb 2026 will explore the latest developments in cutting-edge antimicrobials, diagnostics, stewardship, antifungals, antivirals, breakthroughs in Gram-negative infections, phage therapy, the role of AI, and much more. Get 2026 off to a strong start and register today!
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New Agents Conference - The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Dr Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy @rashaaelshenawy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🎯 NEW PUBLICATION: My latest article shows how research evidence shaped the UK Parliament’s #AMR public inquiry 🔗 academic.oup.com/jacamr/artic... #WAAW2025 @jac-amr.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social @ukparliament.parliament.uk @University of Hertfordshire @uniofhertspir.bsky.social
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
60% of Tanzanian NICU neonates carried MDR bacteria, incl. high-risk clones with shared plasmids. Urgent need for improved infection control: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Resistance mechanisms are reviewed in this case of an NDM and ESBL-producing K. pneumonia complex bloodstream infection treated with CZA+AZM doi.org/10.1093/jaca... @wwrighid.bsky.social #AMRrounds #JACAMRNews #IDSky
Antibiogram showing the resistance profiles of a Klebsiella pneumoniae complex isolate according to CLSI and EUCAST interpretations for a range of antimicrobial agents, as described in Dickinson et al., AMRrounds: Metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae complex—everything and the kitchen zinc, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2025, dlaf187, https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaf187 (CC-BY-NC 4.0)
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Spanish dentists see antibiotic resistance as a problem but feel powerless Education could empower their role in stewardship efforts: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
This 18-year study shows the increasing trend of ESBL E. coli in blood stream infections in Laos. These results have implications for treatment guidelines doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Detecting minor resistance-associated variants in tuberculosis WGS samples improves the sensitivity of rifampicin resistance prediction: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... @philipwfowler.bsky.social @vbrunner.bsky.social #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @bsacandjac.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
“More people than ever are acquiring infections that cannot be effectively treated by #antibiotics.” New English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report finds that deaths linked to antibiotic-resistant #superbugs rose 17% in England in 2024.
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Deaths linked to antibiotic-resistant superbugs rose 17% in England in 2024
Data also shows an average of nearly 400 newly reported cases of antibiotic-resistant infections a week last year
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
“Diverse patterns of isavuconazole use were observed in a large cohort of critically ill adult patients, and the drug was well tolerated” doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Penicillin allergy de-labelling needs to be a core part of healthcare workers’ roles for it to be prioritized: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
In VREfm BSIs where most patients received daptomycin >10 mg/kg, dose was associated with microbiological failure, but not mortality Daptomycin was well tolerated: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Promote responsible antimicrobial compliance in Vietnam to combat antimicrobial resistance and ensure effective treatments: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Reflexive thematic analysis, guided by the COM-B model, explored how Irish parents navigate antibiotic use for children’s RTIs Emotional, behavioural & structural factors shape decisions, highlighting the need for trust-based, context-sensitive AMR interventions:
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
MDR ESBL-producing Enterobacterales were identified from Parirenyatwa Hospital wastewater So MDR ESBL-producing bacteria may end up being discharged together with municipal wastewater into Lake Chivero where domestic water is pumped from doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Treatment durations of 4 weeks or shorter may be adequate for patients with MSSA native tricuspid valve endocarditis without metastatic infectious complications: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Chan et al. assessed the safety and complications of outpatient cefazolin elastomeric infuser via a peripheral intravenous catheter doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
LEAP develops AMS leaders beyond infection specialties—embedding stewardship into routine care and decentralising leadership across the NHS doi.org/10.1093/jaca... @bsacandjac.bsky.social #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
As the centenary of Fleming's discovery of penicillin approaches, drug-resistant infections increasingly impact those with least resource Sustained action to safeguard antibiotics globally is needed including renewed commitment & leadership from the UK doi.org/10.1093/jaca... @raseaton66.bsky.social
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Fleming’s legacy
2028 will mark the centenary of the observation of the inhibitory effects of the mould Penicillium notatum (now chrysogenum) on the growth of Staphylococcu
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The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @bsacandjac.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
A new special Supplement in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy celebrates 20 years of the BSAC Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Project. Its remarkable legacy and rich archive will continue to guide research and inspire future surveillance efforts around the world. 👏👏👏
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Two Decades of BSAC Resistance Surveillance
This Supplement comprises a series of papers that analyse and summarize the outputs of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Antimicrobial Res
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
This is the first report in Italy of the results of in-depth genomic characterization using a hybrid assembly approach of two NDM-5-producing E. coli, isolated in 2021 and 2023 from the caecal content of veal calves from two different holdings doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This monocentric observational study of 137 patients with bone & joint infection treated by clindamycin of which 88 received monotherapy shows in univariate, multivariate & IPTW analysis a reliable & safe use of monotherapy in those infections: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Patients suffering from recurrent C. difficile infection in Sweden described their perceptions about the cause of their disease: antibiotics They also described a scarce information process in a healthcare system without proper resources doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Nasomsong et al. conducted an observational study to evaluate the efficacy of high-dose tigecycline for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteraemia: it was associated with improved microbiological clearance & showed a trend toward reduced mortality doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Predominance of ST772 ‘Bengal Bay’ MRSA causing human infections in Nigeria Enhanced genomic surveillance and coordinated intervention strategies in LMICs are essential to address the growing threat of MRSA and its impact on public health doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Mori et al. found substantial knowledge gaps among non-infectious diseases physicians regarding bacterial bloodstream infection management: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky @bsacandjac.bsky.social
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
This systematic review highlights gaps in health and social care professionals’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices on infection management, antimicrobial use and stewardship, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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JAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Wong et al. report prevalence of MG infection and resistance in MSM with HIV: doi.org/10.1093/jaca...: #JACAMRNews #IDSky
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