Infectious Diseases

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Ebola Outbreak Reminds Hospitalists How To Prepare for Infectious Disease

Author:: Kelly April Tyrrell

When the outbreak first started, and in the months that followed, Ebola virus dominated American headlines.

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Once-Weekly Antibiotic Might Be Effective for Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin Infections

Author:: Anthony Worsham, MD, MS; Charles A. Pizanis, MD; Patrick Rendon, MD; Dana Davis, MD; Jens Langsjoen, MD; J. Rush Pierce Jr., MD, MPH; Division OF

Research suggests intravenous dalbavancin similarly efficacious to intravenous vancomycin

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Adults Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Have High Morbidity, Mortality Rates

Author:: Elizabeth A. Wantuch, MD, MS; Shirin Poonja, DO; Rebecca Helfrich, MD; Bina N. Patel, MD; Kevin R. Smith, MD, FACP, FAAP; Mark Speyer, MD, MPH; Division OF

Clinical question: What are the complications and outcomes of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in adults requiring hospitalization?...

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Once-Weekly Antibiotic Might Be Effective for Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin Infections

Author:: Anthony Worsham, MD, MS; Charles A. Pizanis, MD; Patrick Rendon, MD; Dana Davis, MD; Jens Langsjoen, MD; J. Rush Pierce Jr., MD, MPH; Division OF

Research suggests intravenous dalbavancin similarly efficacious to intravenous vancomycin

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Which Patients Should be Screened for Hepatitis C Virus Infection?

Author:: Jesse Theisen-Toupal, MD; Elana S. Rosenthal, MD; Alexander R. Carbo, MD, SFHM, FACP; And Joseph M.W. Li, MD, SFHM, FACP

Insufficient current screening strategies for people with high prevalence of chronic HCV infection should prompt hospitalists to improve screening...

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MERS Cases Put Hospitalists on Alert for Infectious Disease

Author:: Danielle Scheurer

Physicians warned to look for fever, respiratory symptoms in patients who recently traveled to U.S. from Middle East regions

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No Benefits to Therapeutic Hypothermia for Severe Bacterial Meningitis

Author:: Nita Shrikant Kulkarni, MD

Can therapeutic hypothermia improve functional outcomes in comatose patients with severe bacterial meningitis?

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Hospitalist Reviews of New Research on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Pressure Ulcers, Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis, and More

Author:: Leigh Vaughan, MD; Kristin Wise, MD; Keri Holmes-Maybank, MD; Pamela Charity, MD

Also reviewed this month: surgical readmission rates, preventable hospitalizations, hospitalist-staffed post-discharge clinics

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