Antibiotic Resistance Perspective

• De-escalating Antibiotics: A Nudge in the Right Direction To encourage de-escalation of vancomycin, a unique behavioral "nudge" aims to change provider prescribing behavior.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), October 02, 2018
• A Secret to 5-Star Ratings: Prescribe Antibiotics   A new study confirms what many clinicians suspected: Patients reward and punish them for how they treat respiratory infections, reports Dr Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, October 02, 2018
• Time Out! A Close Look at Antibiotic Use in LTC Clinical cases illustrate the overuse of antibiotics to treat radiographic findings and lab reports, especially when prescribing over the phone.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 02, 2018
• IDWeek 2018 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from IDWeek 2018.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, September 24, 2018
• Extended- vs Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics in Appendicitis What is the best choice of antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated appendicitis in children? Dr Lowenfels comments on a study published in Annals of Surgery.
  Medscape General Surgery, September 19, 2018
• Multidrug-Resistant Infections: What's on the Horizon? As resistance develops to 'last-line' antimicrobials, what's next in the treatment of serious bacterial infections?
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), July 18, 2018
• Thinking of a Fluoroquinolone? Think Again   Fluoroquinolones are often prescribed even in the absence of any indication for antibiotics, despite their risk for serious harm.
  CDC Expert Commentary, July 16, 2018
• What's the Verdict for UTIs in Women and Children? Recent studies support antibiotic selection for adult women and test a handy online calculator that predicts which febrile children have UTI.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), July 12, 2018
• Recurrent Skin Infections in a Teen: How Would You Manage? It's an extremely vexing problem for families: recurrent skin infections in a teen athlete.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 07, 2018
• A Closer Look at Skin and Soft Tissue Infections New data provide opportunities for antibiotic and diagnostic stewardship in the management of SSTIs.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), June 07, 2018
• Could Less Be More in Febrile Neutropenia, Too? Two recent studies inform antimicrobial stewardship in high-risk patients with febrile neutropenia.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), June 05, 2018
• Rising Kidney Stone Incidence: Is This Novel Risk Factor the Reason?   Dr Arefa Cassoobhoy highlights a study showing that oral antibiotic use is linked with risk for nephrolithiasis.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 30, 2018
• New Help for Managing Clostridium difficile Infection   New guidelines from IDSA/SHEA highlight best practices for treating C difficile infection. Dr David Johnson provides insight for all providers who must be cognizant of this widespread problem.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 26, 2018
• 'E coli' and Food Safety: It's a Jungle Out There Have we made progress to reduce the risk for foodborne 'Escherichia coli' infection? Dr Balistreri discusses this serious public health concern.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 23, 2018
• The Lean Antibiotic Mantra Antibiotics -- while focusing on the right drug, the right dose, and the right duration, most important is to make the right diagnosis. Sometimes you may not even need the antibiotic.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, April 09, 2018
• Survival of the Slimiest: The Persistent Nature of Biofilms Biofilms are hardier than we imagined, playing an underappreciated role in nosocomial transmission.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), March 22, 2018
• Illnesses Linked to Contact With Pets and Farm Animals We love our animals, but occasionally they transmit some fairly serious pathogens, so precautions must be taken.
  CDC Expert Commentary, March 12, 2018
• Therapy Duration and Follow-up Blood Cultures in Bacteremia Two recent studies can help streamline therapy of gram-negative bloodstream infections.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), February 08, 2018
• Four Old Antimicrobials That Still Work Best These four antimicrobials aren't the newest, but they have staying power.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 16, 2018
• Fungal Infections: Antifungal Stewardship   Experts look to the experience and methods of antibacterial stewardship to improve patient outcomes and reduce antifungal resistance.
  Medscape TV, January 12, 2018