Antimicrobial-resistant infections
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De-Escalating Antibiotics in Sepsis
Clinical question: Does tailoring antibiotics based on known pathogens impact mortality for patients with severe sepsis or shock? Background: In...
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Antibiotic Algorithm Can Guide Therapy in Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia
Clinical question: Can an algorithm based on risk for multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms and illness severity guide antibiotic selection in...
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Sepsis Diagnoses Are Common in ED, but Many Septic Patients in the ED Do Not Receive Antibiotics
Clinical question: Has the frequency of sepsis rates, along with administration of antibiotics in U.S.
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Uncomplicated Skin Infections in Ambulatory Setting Commonly Involve Avoidable Antibiotic Exposure
Clinical question: What are the current prescribing practices for antibiotics used to treat skin and soft tissue infections in the outpatient...
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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
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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