It is important to track drug resistant organisms which thrive globally and are transmitted to and from healthy humans, animals, and the environment, particularly in low- and middle-income (LMIC) settings.





Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance, transmission, developing countries

The STREAM stage 2 TB study compared two bedaquiline-containing regimens with the previous 9-month STREAM stage 1 regimen study.





Keywords: Tuberculosis, study, rifampicin-resistant, bedaquiline

Candida auris can be challenging to identify in the clinical laboratory, and frequently exhibits multidrug resistance.





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fungi, pathogen, resistance, Candida, epidemiology

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming a serious global threat of growing concern to human, animal, and environmental health.





Keywords:


bacteria, antibiotics, resistance patterns, evolution, alternative therapies

Many challenges remain as regards access to PrEP for the various risk groups. Different pricing and access models for PrEP need to be explored to avoid gaps and the optimal combination prevention programme needs to be defined. Keywords: PrEP, prevention, risk, prevalence , incidence, HIV

Tuberculosis incidence and mortality are decreasing steadily in South Africa, however meeting the goals of the End TB Strategy requires an intensified multi-disciplinary approach.





Keywords:


TB, HIV, Public health strategies, incidence; treatment

This review focuses on the interaction between microbes and cancer, namely the main infectious agents associated with development of cancer; and the higher vulnerability of cancer patients to acquire infectious diseases.





Keywords: cancer, infection, microbiome, cancer therapy

This article highlights the role of nanoparticles (NPs) and microparticles (MPs) as oral carriers and adjuvants which can be beneficial in oral vaccine development.





Keywords: Oral, vaccine, infectious, disease

Exploring benefits and risks of point of care testing and their impact on clinical patient management and antibiotic stewardship.





Keywords: Point of care, tests implementation, diseases

SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus that has spread around the world with varied, experimental pharmacological treatment regimens for COVID-19 and antibiotics are being used to rule out bacterial co-infection.





Keywords: Antibiotics, stewardship, bacteria, therapy, prescriptions