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Don’t shorten therapy for older, sicker cellulitis patients
May 6, 2018
Elderly patients with cellulitis and comorbid conditions probably need a full 12-day course of treatment.
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HM18: Tick-borne illnesses
May 2, 2018
Climate change is good for ticks, but bad for humans.
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Fecal microbiota transplantation by capsule effective in preventing recurrent C. difficile
April 25, 2018
Clinical question: Is fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by oral capsule noninferior to administration via colonoscopy in preventing recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (RCDI)?
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Nitrofurantoin beats fosfomycin for uncomplicated UTI
April 23, 2018
MADRID – Two venerable antibiotics battle it out in simple UTIs, but it’s nitrofurantoin by a knockout.
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Common infections are potent risk factor for MI, stroke
April 13, 2018
ORLANDO – Huge U.K. registry identifies a novel cardiovascular risk factor: hospitalization for UTI or respiratory infection.
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New developments in critical care and sepsis
April 10, 2018
“There has been a lot of discussion about steroids in sepsis that is potentially practice changing.”
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Antibiotic awareness tops ID agenda
April 10, 2018
Antibiotic resistance is “one of the greatest problems we face.”
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Delaying lumbar punctures for a head CT may result in increased mortality in acute bacterial meningitis
April 10, 2018
Can we safely perform lumbar punctures (LP) without neuroimaging in patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM)?
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‘Update in HM’ to highlight practice pearls
April 10, 2018
The speakers' selection of the Top 20 journal articles of the year will be presented.
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Simvastatin, atorvastatin cut mortality risk for sepsis patients
April 9, 2018
In addition to supporting cardiac function and inhibiting inflammatory cytokines, these statins appear to exert a direct antimicrobial effect.
