Infectious Diseases
News
Don’t shorten therapy for older, sicker cellulitis patients
Elderly patients with cellulitis and comorbid conditions probably need a full 12-day course of treatment.
HM18
HM18: Tick-borne illnesses
Climate change is good for ticks, but bad for humans.
Clinical
Fecal microbiota transplantation by capsule effective in preventing recurrent C. difficile
Clinical question: Is fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by oral capsule noninferior to administration via colonoscopy in preventing recurrent...
News
Nitrofurantoin beats fosfomycin for uncomplicated UTI
MADRID – Two venerable antibiotics battle it out in simple UTIs, but it’s nitrofurantoin by a knockout.
News
Common infections are potent risk factor for MI, stroke
ORLANDO – Huge U.K. registry identifies a novel cardiovascular risk factor: hospitalization for UTI or respiratory infection.
HM18
New developments in critical care and sepsis
“There has been a lot of discussion about steroids in sepsis that is potentially practice changing.”
HM18
Antibiotic awareness tops ID agenda
Antibiotic resistance is “one of the greatest problems we face.”
Clinical
Delaying lumbar punctures for a head CT may result in increased mortality in acute bacterial meningitis
Can we safely perform lumbar punctures (LP) without neuroimaging in patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM)?
HM18
‘Update in HM’ to highlight practice pearls
The speakers' selection of the Top 20 journal articles of the year will be presented.
News
Unusual antibiotic resistance found in more than 200 bacteria
Rare and unusual antibiotic resistance can be stamped out with aggressive prevention and control strategies.