Resistance

• Researchers analyzed invasive Escherichia coli samples from newborns at a US pediatric hospital, finding increasing resistance to first-line sepsis antibiotics. • Ampicillin nonsusceptibility rose from 46% in 2006-2013 to 61% in 2014-2021, with 54% overall; gentamicin nonsusceptibility affected 11% of isolates. • Cefazolin resistance as alternative therapy surged from 8% to 36%, reported today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, signaling urgent treatment challenges.

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• The National Institutes of Health announced a five-year, $450 million research initiative on March 21 to develop new antibiotics and diagnostic tools for antimicrobial-resistant infections. • The program will fund 75 research projects across 40 institutions, focusing on drug-resistant pathogens including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). • Antimicrobial resistance causes an estimated 35,000 deaths annually in the United States, with the CDC warning of a potential 'silent pandemic' without intervention.