Reviewed by Sara Karaba, MD, PhD, MHS, Johns Hopkins University The SABATO trial is an open-label, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial comparing IV vs early oral…
Reviewed by Sara Karaba, MD, PhD, MHS, Johns Hopkins University In a multicenter, retrospective, propensity-score weighted cohort of patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) bacteremia there…
Reviewed by Jen Cihlar, DO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center This systematic review comprising of 41 relevant studies looking at antibiotic prescribing habits for acute infections…
Reviewed by David Cluck, PharmD, University of Virginia and Cindy Noyes, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center Using causal inference methods, Alzaidi and colleagues describe…
Oral antimicrobial therapy for Gram-negative bacteremia: Have We Hit the “Target”? Early career general practitioner prescribing habits – the kids are alright! No Need to…
IDWeek is the joint annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the HIV Medicine Association, the…
Learn about the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the role it plays in…
The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) advises the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska Retrospective analysis of 20 years’ worth of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals’ antibiograms for E. coli…
Reviewed by Dr. Michael Payne, Providence Health Care The WHO recommends an all oral bedaquiline based second line regimen for treatment of drug resistant (DR)…
Reviewed by: Jose Lucar, MD, The George Washington University Candidemia is associated with a high attributable mortality, and better diagnostics are needed to improve patient…
Reviewed by Jen Cihlar, DO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Thom and colleagues are at it again investigating alternative hand hygiene (HH) practice efficacy. Different from…