Antimicrobial-resistant infections
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Short Course of Oral Antibiotics Effective for Acute Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis in Children
By Mark Shen, MD Reviewed by Pediatric Editor Mark Shen, MD, medical director of hospital medicine at Dell Children’s Medical Center, Austin,...
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Once-Weekly Antibiotic Might Be Effective for Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin Infections
Research suggests intravenous dalbavancin similarly efficacious to intravenous vancomycin
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Better Prescription Practices Can Curb Antibiotic Resistance
Stewardship checklists, other recommendations to help hospitals keep antibiotic prescriptions in check
Public Policy
Hospitalists Adopt Strategies to Become More Responsible Prescribers of Antibiotics
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
Does stopping antibiotic treatment after cholecystectomy for mild to moderate acute calculous cholecystitis affect outcomes?
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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
Increased sputum purulence and CRP >40 mg/L identified COPD patients likely to have a clinical failure without antibiotics
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CDC Report Calls for Hospitalists to Focus on Antibiotic Stewardship
Hospitalist prescribing practices, treatment standards need work
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What Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures Should Receive Antibiotic Prophylaxis?
Prophylactic antibiotics not recommended in routine endoscopy or colonoscopy
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CDC Identifies Greatest Antibiotic Resistance Threats of Next Decade in U.S.
Agency recommends four core actions to combat spread of infections, resistant bacteria
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Hospitalist Reviews of New Research on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Pressure Ulcers, Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis, and More
Also reviewed this month: surgical readmission rates, preventable hospitalizations, hospitalist-staffed post-discharge clinics