China Must Reduce Its Antibiotic Use

Cholera vaccine will reduce antibiotic use.

645 COVER Among the contrasts in scale between academic and industrial chemistry is the latter field's use of raw materials by the trainload. This week's special section, beginning on page 691, elaborates on the challenges and opportunities in industrial chemistry as the field embarks on its second century of development.

Rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing reduce antibiotic use and accelerate pathogen-directed antibiotic use.

INTRODUCTION Rapid bacterial identification and susceptibility tests can lead to earlier microbiological diagnosis and pathogen-directed, appropriate therapy. We studied whether accelerated diagnostics affected antibiotic use and patient outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS A prospective randomized clinical trial was performed over a 2-year period. Inpatients were selected on the basis of a positiv...

Structured antibiotic 'time-out' audits as recommended by the CDC reduce antibiotic use and costs.

Factors associated with doctors’ knowledge on antibiotic use in China

Misuse of antibiotics by the medical profession is a global concern. Examining doctors' knowledge about antimicrobials will be important in developing strategies to improve antibiotic use. The aim of the study was to survey Chinese doctors' knowledge on antibiotics and reveal the factors associated with their level of knowledge. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shanxi in central China....

The NIH must reduce disparities in funding to maximize its return on investments from taxpayers

New data from the NIH reveal that the scientific return on its sponsored research reaches a maximum at around $400,000 of annual support per principal investigator. We discuss the implications of this 'sweet spot' for funding policy, and propose that the NIH should limit both the minimum and maximum amount of funding per researcher.