Reviewed by S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC There has been increased discussion about whether use of…
Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska In this systematic analysis, investigators estimate that 4.95 million deaths were associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance…
Reviewed by Zach Willis, MD, MPH; UNC Health, Chapel Hill, NC Pregnant people are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 compared to non-pregnant women, but…
Reviewed by: Dr. Michael Payne, MD; London Health Sciences Centre Exogenous boosting of immunity, through exposure to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) cases, is theorized to prevent…
Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD; University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT Campioli et al describe a cohort of patients requiring craniotomy from January 1,…
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) agrees with the call to rebuild a resilient patient safety culture in U.S. healthcare institutions that came…
Two More “Shorter is Better” Cites for Stewie Rounds Transplant Gets in the Stewardship Game: Duration of Antibiotics and Organ Utilization COVID-19 in Infants: Sometimes…
Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD; University of Vermont Health, Burlington, VT Chauhan et al. describe several simple, yet impactful, interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions…
Reviewed by: S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC The authors examined 438 clinical C. difficile isolates from…
Reviewed by: Dr. Michael Payne, MD; London Health Sciences Centre Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been broadly utilized during the COVID-19 pandemic and have been associated…
Reviewed by Zachary Willis, MD MPH; UNC Health, Chapel Hill, NC In an analysis of a prospective cohort from a collaboration of 62 hospitals in…
Reviewed by Hannah Imlay, MD MS; University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT and Erica Stohs, MD MPH; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha,…