Search results for "Infectious disease"
Antibiotics effective, but not as effective as surgery, for acute appendicitis
Antibiotics are effective in treating uncomplicated acute appendicitis, but they aren't proven to be noninferior to standard appendectomy, according to newly published results from a randomized clinical trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/24/4.htm
24 Jun 2015
Daptomycin associated with better outcomes than linezolid in VRE bloodstream infections
Treating vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) bloodstream infections with daptomycin was associated with lower rates of treatment failure and 30-day mortality compared to linezolid, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/17/3.htm
17 Jun 2015
How to test for, and isolate, TB in the hospital
Although his session was titled “TB in the Hospital,” pulmonary specialist Dean Schraufnagel, MD, began by noting that most tuberculosis patients are treated outside the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/06/3.htm
6 May 2015
Inpatient ART errors can cause long-term problems for HIV patients
Antiretroviral therapy is less complex than it used to be, but errors are still common.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/04/ART-errors.htm
15 Apr 2015
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes articles on moonlighting, dealing with patients who won't leave, avoiding ART errors in HIV patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/04/lfe.htm
15 Apr 2015
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
Antibiotic stewardship the old-fashioned way
Hospital assessment is key.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/antibiotic-stewardship.htm
15 Feb 2015
Common curbside consults in infectious disease
Most popular questions revealed at UCSF conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/conference2.htm
15 Jan 2015
When it could be Ebola . . .
There are lots of differential diagnoses, too.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/ebola.htm
15 Jan 2015
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes articles on the optimal use of prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism, differential diagnoses for Ebola, and conference coverage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/lfe.htm
15 Jan 2015