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Red Bugs with No Drugs – Part 3: The Need for New Antibiotics — The 10 x ’20 Initiative
Richard Whitley, MD, FIDSA IDSA President Sadly, the deaths and suffering caused by antibiotic-resistant infections continue to rise around the world, highlighting the urgent need for action. One of the most critical needs is the development of new antibiotics, including those to treat Gram-negative bacterial infections, caused by the “Red Bugs” Dr. Srinivasan discussed in Read More >
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Click here to watch Dr. Arjun Srinivasan discussing this topic on Medscape Dr. Arjun Srinivasan So, you find yourself in the horrible situation of having a patient with a Gram-negative infection. Increasingly, clinicians are getting back reports from the microbiology lab showing pathogens that are resistant to every antibiotic they would normally use to treat Read More >
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Gram stain image is available from the Public Health Image Library (PHIL) Dr. Arjun Srinivasan As an infectious disease physician who has investigated numerous outbreaks, there are few pathogens that give me pause anymore. However, Gram-negative bacteria are different. Best known by the name “Gram negatives” (due to the red color they turn in the Read More >
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