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Longer Donor Management Times Improve Organ Procurement Rates
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: A total of 34% of available lungs and 45% of hearts were successfully procured from donors managed for more than 20 hours, compared...
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Longer Donor Management Times Improve Organ Procurement Rates
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: A total of 34% of available lungs and 45% of hearts were successfully procured from donors managed for more than 20 hours, compared...
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Combination Therapy Gives Survival Edge in KPC Bacteremia
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
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Combination Therapy Gives Survival Edge in KPC Bacteremia
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
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Low-Level Mupirocin, Chlorhexidine Resistance Thwart MRSA Control in Hospitals
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: Persistent MRSA infection after decolonization therapy was 3.4-fold more common among patients with low-level mupirocin resistance...
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Depression Might Impair Compliance In Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
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Rise in E. coli May Challenge Empiric Therapy
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
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Universal MRSA Screening of Pregnant Women Has Little Impact, High Cost
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: Among 2,254 pregnant women admitted to the labor and delivery unit, 1,819 (81%) received a nasal MRSA test at a cost of $50 each,...
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Infection Control Halved Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella Transmission
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: An infection control program in Israel reduced by 50% culture-detected transmittal of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae...
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Long-Term Care, Previous Antibiotics Linked to Drug-Resistant P. mirabilis
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: Significant risk factors for bloodstream infections with ESBL-positive Proteus mirabilis are admission to a hospital from a long-...
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Long-Term Care, Previous Antibiotics Linked to Drug-Resistant P. mirabilis
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: Significant risk factors for bloodstream infections with ESBL-positive Proteus mirabilis are admission to a hospital from a long-...
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Rise in E. coli Infections Challenges Empiric Therapy
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: Dutch researchers reported “a strong increase” in extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella...
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Rise in E. coli Infections Challenges Empiric Therapy
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: Dutch researchers reported “a strong increase” in extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella...
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Bevacizumab Plus Chemo Ups Ovarian Cancer Survival
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
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Depression May Impair Compliance in Teens With Type 1
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil