Infectious Diseases
News
Patients with COPD at heightened risk for community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization
COPD patients were about 18 times more likely to develop community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization.
News
CDC: Look for early symptoms of acute flaccid myelitis, report suspected cases
The average age of a patient diagnosed with AFM is 5 years
Clinical
Uncomplicated appendicitis can be treated successfully with antibiotics
What is the late recurrence rate for patients with uncomplicated appendicitis treated with antibiotics only?
News
What’s new in pediatric sepsis
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – Don’t obsess about “Golden Hour” for delivering sepsis treatment bundle, expert advises.
Clinical
Repeated qSOFA measurements better predict in-hospital mortality from sepsis
Do repeated quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) measurements improve predictive validity for sepsis using in-hospital mortality...
News
Medicare may best Medicare Advantage at reducing readmissions
Editorialists provide reasons to exercise caution when interpreting the results.
News
Penicillin-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae most common cause of bacteremic CAP
Narrow-spectrum aminopenicillins should be used specifically to treat children hospitalized from suspected bacterial CAP.
Clinical
New single-dose influenza therapy effective among outpatients
Is baloxavir marboxil, a selective inhibitor of influenza cap-dependent endonuclease, a safe and effective treatment for acute uncomplicated...
Clinical
No Pip/Tazo for patients with ESBL blood stream infections
Can piperacillin/tazobactam be used as a “carbapenem sparing” alternative in patients with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) Escherichia...
HM19
HM19: Sepsis care update
Best practices and guidelines for the care of patients with sepsis and septic shock continue to evolve.