The July Journal Roundup is now available at the Journal of Hospital Infection website.

Topics this month include:

• The Longitude Prize.
• Randomized controlled trials of two novel glycopeptide antibiotics.
• Developments in antimicrobial therapy, including several new approaches to augmenting the activity of existing agents.
• Using chemicals for the prevention and treatment of skin wounds.
• Updates on antibiotic cycling (which does seem to work afterall).
• Commentary on ‘Mass Gatherings Medicine’.
• Further updates to the SHEA Compendium.
• Consideration of ‘horizontal’ (universal) vs. ‘vertical’ (targeted) strategies.
• A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of issuing mobile phone reminders for HIV appointments.
• A video surveillance study reporting a truly shocking level of hand hygiene compliance among anesthesiologists: 2.9%!
• Reviews on colistin, rapid nucleic acid based diagnostics, and the hithertofore unrecognised importance of free living amoebae in some healthcare-associated infection.
• And finally…what makes Twitter light up with antibiotic chat more than anything else?

Enjoy, and let me know if you have any questions or comments.