WashU, Guatemalan healthcare professionals partner to combat CKD epidemic in Latin America

A group of Washington University researchers, residents, fellows and staff partnered with the Guatemala Social Security Institute (IGSS) hospital system in Guatemala City to work together towards improving patient outcomes and understanding of MesoAmerican Nephropathy (MeN), an unexplained epidemic of chronic kidney disease prevalent on the Pacific coast of Latin American, particularly Guatemala, Nicaragua, El […]

WashU team leads study on hot spots of antibiotic resistance

A new study surveyed ecosystems of bacteria and their capacity to resist antibiotics in chicken coops and sewage treatment plants of low-resource communities.