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Infectious disease physicians: Antibiotic shortages are the new norm
November 12, 2016
Antibiotic shortages are now a way of life, and physicians report that shortages are affecting patient care and outcomes.
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Combine qSOFA and SIRS for best sepsis score
November 10, 2016
LOS ANGELES – Instead of replacing the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) score with the new quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score to identify severe sepsis patients, it might be best to use both, according to two studies presented at the American College of C...
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Hepatitis C Virus Eradication Tied to Fewer Complications in Patients with Cirrhosis
September 29, 2016
Sustained viral response (SVR) to hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment is associated with a reduction in liver and non-liver complications in patients with compensated cirrhosis, researchers from France report
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Oral Antibiotics for Infective Endocarditis May Be Safe in Low-Risk Patients
August 19, 2016
Does transitioning to oral antibiotics to treat infective endocarditis increase rates of relapse and death?
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Procalcitonin Guidance Safely Decreases Antibiotic Use in Critically Ill Patients
August 8, 2016
Clinical question: Can the use of procalcitonin levels to determine when to discontinue antibiotic therapy safely reduce the duration of antibiotic use in critically ill patients? Bottom line: For patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) who receive antibiotics for presumed or proven bacterial i
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Colistin Resistance Reinforces Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts
August 6, 2016
In 2015, researchers in China announced they had found for the first time a bacterial gene conferring resistance to colistin.
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Superbug Infections On the Rise With No Antibiotic Success Yet
July 25, 2016
NEW YORK - After two confirmed U.S.
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QUIZ: What Is Next Step for Diagnosing Cavitary Lesion with No Improvement after Serial Chest X-Rays, Antibiotics?
June 6, 2016
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Risk Factors for Pseudomonas, MRSA in Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia
May 27, 2016
Clinical question: What risk factors could predict the likelihood of Pseudomonas and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients hospitalized with healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP)? Background: Patients identified with HCAP have an increased risk for multi-drug-resistant p
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Postoperative Clostridium Difficile Infection Associated with Number of Antibiotics, Surgical Procedure Complexity
April 8, 2016
Clinical question: What are the factors that increase risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in postoperative patients? Background: CDI has become an important infectious etiology for morbidity, lengthy and costly hospital admissions, and mortality.
