Healthcare-acquired Infections
From the Journals
Multiple factors predict surgical site infection risk after lower extremity revascularization
Targeted preoperative improvements may lower SSIs after open lower extremity revascularization.
Conference Coverage
Multidisciplinary bundle drives drop in colorectal SSIs
NEW YORK – A community hospital with higher-than-average surgical site infection rates implemented a protocol that landed them an “exemplary”...
From the Journals
Factory contamination seen as likely source of postop endocarditis outbreak
Heater-cooler units seen as likely source of global valvular endocarditis outbreak.
From the Journals
New tool predicts antimicrobial resistance in sepsis
Here’s how to predict antibiotic resistance in sepsis patients infected with gram-negative bacteria.
Conference Coverage
Adding cefepime to vancomycin improved MRSA bacteremia outcomes
NEW ORLEANS – Do cefepime and vancomycin have a synergistic relationship useful for shortening MRSA bloodstream infections?
From the Journals
New C. difficile drug shows promise
The antibiotic ridinilazole proved noninferior to vancomycin for treatment of Clostridium difficile infection, according to a new study...
Commentary
The burden of health care–associated C. difficile infection in a nonmetropolitan setting
The impact of Clostridium difficile infection has been well described in tertiary metropolitan hospitals, but there is a lack of...
Latest News
Hospital isolates C. difficile carriers and rates drop
NEW ORLEANS – Screen for and isolate asymptomatic carriers.
Conference Coverage
C. difficile travels on the soles of our shoes
NEW ORLEANS - Have you considered checking underfoot for the spread of C. difficile?
From the Journals
Burkholderia cepacia causes blood infection in older, sicker patients
An infection typically associated with cystic fibrosis can strike old, sick, hospitalized patients.
Conference Coverage
Monoclonal antibody holds promise for S. aureus pneumonia
Staphylococcus aureus