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Influenza vaccination modestly reduces risk of hospitalizations in patients with COPD
October 9, 2019
Older patients with COPD need more effective influenza vaccines and other preventive strategies.
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Opinion
IDWeek examined hot topics in the clinical treatment of infectious diseases
October 6, 2019
WASHINGTON – Identifying diseases using cell-free microbial DNA from plasma and next-generation DNA sequencing are some of the hot topics in ID diagnosis and treatment.
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News
Measles 2019: Most cases occurred in close-knit, undervaccinated communities
October 4, 2019
CDC researcher report on 22 outbreaks in 17 states.
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News
Epidemiology and costs of sepsis in the United States
October 2, 2019
What is the economic burden of sepsis in the U.S. health care system?
News
Lefamulin found noninferior to moxifloxacin for bacterial pneumonia
October 1, 2019
Oral lefamulin, the first pleuromutilin antibiotic approved for intravenous and oral administration, was noninferior to oral moxifloxacin for inducing an early clinical response in patients with bacterial pneumonia, acording to data from a global multicenter study of 738 individuals.
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News
Vitamin C infusion falls short for sepsis and ARDS patients
October 1, 2019
Vitamin C failed to improve organ dysfunction, inflammation, or vascular injury in adults with sepsis and ARDS.
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News
Hospital-acquired C. diff. tied to four ‘high-risk’ antibiotic classes
September 16, 2019
High-risk antibiotics included second-, third-, and fourth-generation cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, carbapenems, and lincosamides.
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Article
Short Takes
September 12, 2019
In The Literature's Short Takes
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News
Health care–associated infection rates going down
September 6, 2019
Have targeted quality improvement measures led to an improvement in the prevalence of health care–associated infections (HAIs)?
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News
Some HCV medications associated with serious liver injury
August 29, 2019
In many cases, the medications should never have been prescribed, according to the FDA.
