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The APUA Newsletter has been published quarterly since 1982. The Newsletter contains expert information on antibiotic use and resistance for healthcare practitioners, researchers and policy makers. It is distributed to several thousand individuals, including our members, organizations and libraries worldwide.
To receive the latest issue of the APUA Newsletter, please email apua@tufts.edu.
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| 2002 Vol 20 No 4 |
Focus: Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa |
| 2002 Vol 20 No 3 |
July Report of Fully Resistant VRSA: A Major New Health Threat - One on One with J. Glenn Morris, Jr., MD |
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Alternatives to Vancomycin Use for MRSA |
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| 2002 Vol 20 No 1 |
A New Strategy for Fighting Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (figure 3) |
Boneca IG and G Chiosis |
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Probiotics: Using Live Microbes to Decrease Antimicrobial Use |
Elmer GW |
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Quinolone Resistance in Vietnam |
Nguyen Thi Vinh |
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… also APUA's ROAR program, early warning by GAARD, APUA's 20th anniversary, APUA chapter news |
APUA staff
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| 2001 Vol 19 No 4 |
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Antibiotic Resistance in Long-Term Care |
Nicolle LE |
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Making Official Use and Dosage Recommendations for Generic Antibiotics in Belgium |
Tulkens PM |
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… also US Federal Action Plan on Antibiotic Resistance,
Bioterrorism and Antibiotics, APUA chapter news |
APUA staff |
| 2001 Vol 19 No 3 |
Looking Back on Two Decades: 20th Anniversary of APUA |
Levy SB |
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The Future of the Quinolones |
Hooper DC |
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Antibiotics with a Chaser of Bacteria? Recololonization with commensal bacteria reduces recurrences of acute otitis media and pharyngotonsillitis |
Roos K, Håkansson EG, Holm S |
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Ask the Expert: Are antibiotics always needed immediately for acute otitis media? |
Little P |
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… also GAARD: global surveillance; research from APUA chapters |
APUA staff
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| 2001 Vol 19 No 2 |
Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities |
Farr B |
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Guidelines for Antibiotic Use from the American College of Physicians |
Snow V |
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Chile Enforces Regulations on the Sale and Dispensing of Antibiotics |
Bavestrello L, Cabello A |
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… also environmental impact of antibiotics; Guadalajara Declaration |
APUA staff |
| 2001 Vol 19 No 1 |
Antibiotic Use and Resistance: What Lies Beneath! |
Barbosa T, Levy SB |
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Photobactericides-"Lightening" the Antibiotic Load |
Wainwright M |
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… also fluoroquinolones & poultry; APUA survey of physicians |
Falkow S, Kennedy D; APUA staff
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| 2000 Vol 18 No 4 |
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Drug Susceptibility in Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Famiglietti AMR, Garcia SD, de Mier CA, et al |
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The HARMONY Project's Antibiotic Policy and Prescribing Process Tool |
Cookson B |
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… also antibiotics and food animals; public policy notes |
APUA staff |
| 2000 Vol 18 No 3 |
Method of Physician Remuneration and Its Impact on Antibiotic Prescription Rates |
Hutchinson JM |
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Formula to Help Select Rational Antimicrobial Therapy: A Comparison for Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
Blondeau JM, Tillotson GS |
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Ask the Expert: What is appropriate empiric therapy for active tuberculosis? |
Farmer P |
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… also APUA Chapter meetings; GAARD formation announced |
APUA staff
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| 2000 Vol 18 No 2 |
Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Penicillin-Resistant S. pneumoniae in Daycare Centers in Sofia, Bulgaria |
Keuleyan E, Markovska R, Strateva T, et al |
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Antibiotics in Aquaculture: Questionable Risk to Public Health |
MacMillan JR |
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Editorial: The Role of Surveillance |
Vatopoulos AC |
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… also APUA's small grants program; FAAIR project; Infectious Disease Congress in Argentina |
APUA staff |
| 2000 Vol 18 No 1 |
Antibiotic Use in Food-Animal Production in Denmark |
Aarestrup FM, Seyfarth AM, Emborg HD, et al |
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Antimicrobial Agents in Aquaculture: Potential Impact on Public Health |
Angulo F |
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Ask the Expert: What are the criteria for diagnosing sinusitis in children? How can one differentiate it from a simple cold with mucopurulent rhinitis? |
Marcy AM |
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… also APUA-Moldova holds weeklong training; CME courses; surveillance and drug policy in Italy |
APUA staff
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| 1999 Vol 17 No 4 |
The Emergence and Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in Food-Borne Bacteria in the United Kingdom |
Threlfall EJ, Ward LR, Frost JA, et al |
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The Maintenance of Resistance |
Low DE, Wright GD |
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Antibiotic Prescribing in Pakistan |
Akhtar T |
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… also ROAR network; Spanish language list-serve |
APUA staff |
| 1999 Vol 17 No 3 |
Silver cations as an antimicrobial agent: clinical uses and bacterial resistance. |
Silver S, Lo J-F, Gupta A |
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Antibiotic usage in dermatology. |
Feingold DS |
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Community-acquired bacterial pathogens in Singapore: changes and challenges. |
Ling M-L |
| 1999 Vol 17 No 2 |
The mar regulon specifies an intrinsic bacterial response to antibiotics. |
Alekshun MN |
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Appraisal of the current recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis. |
Brusch JL |
| 1999 Vol 17 No 1 |
Antimicrobial resistance in Lebanon. |
Araj GF |
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Antibiotic use in plant disease control. |
McManus PS |
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Ask the expert: Is amoxicillin still appropriate for the treatment of infections caused by non-susceptible isolates? …(Spanish version) |
Low DE
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| 1998 Vol 16 No 3 |
Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance among healthy children in Bolivia. |
Bartoloni A |
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Antibiotic use in animal husbandry and resistance development in human infections. |
Witte W |
| 1998 Vol 16 No 2 |
Antimicrobial resistance of H. pylori in Poland. |
Rozynek E et al |
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Preventative methods replace antibiotic growth promoters: ten years experience from Sweden. |
Wierup M |
| 1998 Vol 16 No 1 |
The spread of macrolide-resistant streptococci in Italy. |
Cornaglia G |
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Towards coordinated surveillance of antimicrobial resistance: the need to merge surveillance databases. |
O'Brien TF |
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Surveillance systems around the world. |
APUA |
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Letter to the editor: In vitro studies are not dogma. |
Amsden GW
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| 1997 Vol 15 No 2 |
Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in oral bacteria. |
Roberts MC |
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Parents' impact on antibiotic use. |
Bauchner H |
| 1996 Vol 14 No 3 |
Clinical approach to community-acquired pneumonia: diagnosis and etiology (Part 1)…(Spanish version) |
Janoff EN, Rubins JB |
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Multidrug-resistant organisms in cystic fibrosis--an increasingly important problem. |
Saiman L |
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Ask the expert: Is antiviral chemotherapy indicated for people with recurrent cold sores? |
Spruance SL |
| 1996 Vol 14 No 1 |
Azole antifungal resistance in Candida albicans |
Hitchcock CA |
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Management of acute community-acquired rhinosinusitis. |
Gwaltney JM |
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Ask the expert: Is penicillin still the antibiotic of choice for streptococcal pharyngitis? |
Pichichero ME
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| 1995 Vol 13 No 4 |
WHONET: a program to monitor local and global spread of resistance. |
O'Brien TF, Stelling JM |
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Treatment of infectious diarrhea: The role of antimicrobial therapy. |
Bennish M |
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Ask the expert: My patients who travel to Mexico or Africa often ask whether they should take antibiotics to prevent traveler's diarrhea. What should I advise them? |
Gorbach S |
| 1995 Vol 13 No 3 |
Integrons: novel mobile genetic elements mediating antibiotic resistance in enterobacteria and Pseudomonas. |
Roy PH |
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Impact of penicillin-resistant pneumococci on clinical practice. |
Low DE, de Azavedo J, McGeer A |
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Ask the expert: Should physicians prescribe antibiotics over the telephone? |
Kunin CM |
| 1995 Vol 13 No 2 |
Acinetobacter baumannii: A newly emerging nosocomial pathogen. |
Urban C, Rahal JJ |
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