Antimicrobial-resistant infections
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Antiseptic as good as antibiotics for preventing recurrent UTI
Using methenamine hippurate as an alternative could play an important role in helping to tackle the global problem of increasing antibiotic...
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C. difficile: New vancomycin-resistant strains raise concerns
“Our results may help explain a decreasing effectiveness of antibiotic-based therapy in C difficile infection.”
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Drug-resistant malaria is emerging in Africa. Is the world ready?
Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, it is hard to track the threat.
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Antimicrobial resistance linked to 1.2 million global deaths in 2019
“Antibiotic resistance is placing pressure on health care systems and leading to significant health loss,” said Dr. Kevin Ikuta.
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Pediatric community-acquired pneumonia: 5 days of antibiotics better than 10 days
“These data are immediately applicable to frontline clinicians,” said Dr. Derek Williams of Vanderbilt University.
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Antibiotics used in newborns despite low risk for sepsis
A large cohort study showed little difference in antibiotic use for newborns with and without low-risk delivery characteristics.
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The etiology of acute otitis media in young children in recent years
Because serotype 35B strains are increasingly prevalent and often antibiotic resistant, absence of this serotype from PCV15 and PCV20 is cause for...
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Salvage of central venous catheter often successful in children with CLABSI
“Clinicians may want to lean more towards attempting ambulatory catheter salvage to prevent additional surgeries and complications in these kids...
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Clinicians may overprescribe clarithromycin for H. pylori
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Managing simple febrile seizures without lumbar puncture safe: 15-year study
Researchers studied evaluation and management before and after AAP’s 2011 simple febrile seizure guidelines and found that limiting diagnostic...
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A pill for C. difficile works by increasing microbiome diversity
“I think this marks a moment in this space where we’re going to have better, safer, and more available options for patients.”