Reviewed by Lauren M. DiBiase, MS; University of North Carolina Hospitals Using the experiences of hospitals in NYC and St. Louis, McMullen et al. discuss the observed…
Reviewed by: Cynthia T. Nguyen, PharmD; University of Chicago Medicine A peer comparison intervention reduced unnecessary discharge antibiotic prescriptions in the emergency department. A single-center…
Reviewed by: Rebekah Moehring, MD, MPH, FSHEA; Duke University Hospital and Apara Dave, MD; Exeter Hospital Two recent reports address the technique of pooling specimens…
Reviewed by: Cynthia T. Nguyen, PharmD; University of Chicago Medicine and Valeria Fabre, MD; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Antibiotic use can cause downstream…
Reviewed by Valeria Fabre, MD; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine This observational retrospective study evaluated the impact of early versus late reinsertion or no…
Reviewed by Jesse Sutton, PharmD, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System A case-control study from 11 Unites States health centers reported that symptomatic outpatients…
Reviewed by James “Brad” Cutrell, MD, FIDSA; UT Southwestern Medical Center Despite prior reports of COVID-19 “re-infection”, these early cases were based on persistent or…
Reviewed by Valeria Fabre, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine The SHEA White Paper on practical approaches to Staphylococcus aureus disease prevention for neonatal intensive care…
Reviewed by Cynthia T. Nguyen, PharmD, University of Chicago Medicine A multicenter, retrospective cohort study of 220 patients demonstrated similarly high rates of clinical success…
Reviewed by Rupak Datta, MD PhD, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine According to two recent studies of hospitalized patients in the United…
Reviewed by Lauren M. DiBiase, MS, University of North Carolina Hospitals Rebmann et al. summarize results of an online survey developed by members of the APIC…
Reviewed by Rebekah Moehring, MD, MPH, FSHEA, Duke University Hospital, and James “Brad” Cutrell. MD, FIDSA, UT Southwestern Medical Center As the US passed the…