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Short Course of Oral Antibiotics Effective for Acute Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis in Children
October 27, 2014
By Mark Shen, MD Reviewed by Pediatric Editor Mark Shen, MD, medical director of hospital medicine at Dell Children’s Medical Center, Austin, Texas. Clinical question: Is a short course (less than four weeks) of antibiotics effective for the treatment of acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis?
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Once-Weekly Antibiotic Might Be Effective for Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin Infections
October 15, 2014
Research suggests intravenous dalbavancin similarly efficacious to intravenous vancomycin
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Better Prescription Practices Can Curb Antibiotic Resistance
October 13, 2014
Stewardship checklists, other recommendations to help hospitals keep antibiotic prescriptions in check
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Hospitalists Adopt Strategies to Become More Responsible Prescribers of Antibiotics
October 13, 2014
Antibiotic stewardship practices urged as antibiotic resistance emerges as global threat
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No Harm in Stopping Antibiotics After Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis
September 18, 2014
Does stopping antibiotic treatment after cholecystectomy for mild to moderate acute calculous cholecystitis affect outcomes?
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Which Patients Should be Screened for Hepatitis C Virus Infection?
June 1, 2014
Insufficient current screening strategies for people with high prevalence of chronic HCV infection should prompt hospitalists to improve screening rates in this population
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Ambulatory Patients with COPD Exacerbations Can Be Managed Without Antibiotics in the Absence of Increased Sputum Purulence, Elevated C-Reactive Protein
June 1, 2014
Increased sputum purulence and CRP >40 mg/L identified COPD patients likely to have a clinical failure without antibiotics
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MERS Cases Put Hospitalists on Alert for Infectious Disease
May 21, 2014
Physicians warned to look for fever, respiratory symptoms in patients who recently traveled to U.S. from Middle East regions
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CDC Report Calls for Hospitalists to Focus on Antibiotic Stewardship
March 19, 2014
Hospitalist prescribing practices, treatment standards need work
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What Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures Should Receive Antibiotic Prophylaxis?
March 2, 2014
Prophylactic antibiotics not recommended in routine endoscopy or colonoscopy
