Antimicrobial-resistant infections
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FDA warns against routine fluoroquinolone use
The FDA has issued a warning against the routine prescribing of fluoroquinolone antibiotics to patients with sinusitis, bronchitis, and...
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Daptomycin beats infective endocarditis caused by several pathogens
Daptomycin successfully treated infective endocarditis in 90% of patients who developed it after undergoing heart valve replacement, according to...
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MRSA prevalence in asymptomatic athletes comparable to dialysis, HIV patients
Key clinical point: The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among asymptomatic athletes is comparable to that...
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USDA to release more funds for antibiotic resistance research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has made $6 million available through its Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to fund research on...
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Mixing, cycling of antibiotics fails to reduce antibiotic resistance
Neither cycling through a regular schedule of antibiotics, nor randomly mixing them on a patient-level basis reduced the prevalence of antibiotic...
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Infections kill many waiting for liver transplant, force others off list
Key clinical point: Infections are a major cause of transplant wait-list withdrawal and death in patients with end-stage liver disease. Major...
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The perils of hospital air
Hospital air is a potential route of transmission of beta-lactam–resistant bacteria (BLRB), which are important causative agents of nosocomial...
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PPIs associated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria carriage
Proton pump inhibitors may increase the risk of carrying antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the results of a Dutch study presented at...
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IDSA, SHEA release inpatient antibiotic stewardship guidelines
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have jointly released evidence-...
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Modifying our behavior
Dr. William G. Wilkoff discusses behavior modification techniques for reducing overprescription of antibiotics.
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Fecal transplant cures most with C. difficile, but one dies
AMSTERDAM – Fecal transplants provided a clinical cure in 97% of patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in a small prospective...