Search results for "Infectious Disease"
Rethinking cellulitis
Flaws in diagnosis, prescribing are common.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/rethinking-cellulitis.htm
15 Feb 2017
Several antimicrobial stewardship components improve outcomes, review finds
Empirical therapy according to guidelines, de-escalation of therapy, switch from intravenous to oral treatment, therapeutic drug monitoring, use of a list of restricted antibiotics, and bedside consultation all improved either patient or cost outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/09/1.htm
9 Mar 2016
Consult an ID doc, save a life?
Study finds that patients with certain resistant infections, those who were seen by an infectious diseases physician had about half the mortality rate of those who were not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/qaconsult-an-id-doc-save-a-life.htm
15 May 2018
Ceftazidime-avibactam and doripenem equally effective for complicated inpatient UTI
The findings are consistent with previous preclinical and clinical studies and show that ceftazidime-avibactam could be an alternative to carbapenems, reducing use of that drug class, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/22/3.htm
22 Jun 2016
Physician gestalt safer but less efficient than prediction models for diagnosing bacteremia
In patients with suspected infection, physicians estimating on their own had fewer false negatives, but two validated prediction models more accurately identified the group of patients who could go without blood cultures because they did not have bacteremia, a Japanese study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/physician-gestalt-safer-but-less-efficient-than-prediction-models-for-diagnosing-bacteremia.htm
9 Nov 2022
Avoiding beta-lactam therapy in hospitalized patients with self-reported allergies may lead to more adverse events
Developing inpatient programs aimed at accurately identifying beta-lactam allergies to safely promote beta-lactam administration among patients who report allergies is warranted, the authors concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/20/3.htm
20 Jul 2016
Continuous PPI use associated with C. difficile recurrences
Recurrences of Clostridium difficile were significantly more common among patients who continuously took proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) than among those who didn't, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/11/3.htm
11 Mar 2015
Pearls from an ID doc
Expert also discusses Clostridium difficile, transesophageal echocardiography.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/conf02.htm
15 Aug 2013
Shorter treatment regimen may be effective for latent TB
A shorter, less complex treatment regimen may be effective for treating latent tuberculosis (TB), according to a new study sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/25/4.htm
25 May 2011
Ceftazidime-avibactam works for complicated UTIs and abdominal infections, industry study finds
The authors concluded that the results support the use of ceftazidime-avibactam as a potential alternative to carbapenems, noting that in urinary tract infections (UTIs), clinical cure rates were similar and microbiological responses favored the new drug.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/27/3.htm
27 Apr 2016