Auwaerter on Infectious Diseases

• Consulting an ID Specialist Saves Lives and Money   The value in consulting ID in the management of serious infections is revealed by this recent analysis.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, April 2018
• Influenza and MRSA Pneumonia   Dr Paul Auwaerter discusses the antimicrobial options for postinfluenza MRSA pneumonia, and makes the case for a universal flu vaccine.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, March 2018
• A New Way ID Care Is Valued   Dr Paul Auwaerter urges infectious diseases clinicians to review and incorporate into their practice two new CPT codes for prolonged services without direct face-to-face patient contact.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 2018
• California Contagion: How to Control Severe Hepatitis A   Dr Paul Auwaerter discusses California's hepatitis A outbreak and the challenges of testing to avoid false-positives.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 2017
• CMV Disease in the Non-immunosuppressed ICU Patient   Is CMV just a bystander or is it a contributor to critical illness in non-immunosuppressed ICU patients? A new study provides a few answers and raises new questions.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 2017
• Add Legionella to Your Differential Diagnosis for Pneumonia   Don't forget to consider Legionella as a cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia. It's more common and deadlier than some may realize.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, August 2017
• No New Antibiotics? Go to the Attic, Build Better Mousetraps   Frustrated by the slow development of new antibiotics? Paul Auwaerter, MD, offers a quick review of some of the latest approaches to this problem.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 2017
• Sepsis Guidelines and Antibiotics: Going a Bit Too Far?   Dr Paul Auwaerter points out some of his ID-related concerns with the revised sepsis guidelines.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, May 2017
• C difficile: Why Good ID Advice Still Matters   Dr Paul Auwaerter addresses some misunderstandings about the management of Clostridium difficile infection that he discovered during his time on a consultation service.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, March 2017
• Lyme Disease: Treat Mice to Treat Ourselves?   Dr Paul Auwaerter discusses a scientist's proposal to rid areas prone to Lyme disease by making the mice immune to infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, thus breaking the transmission cycle.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 2017
• Candida auris: Time to Prick Up Your Ears?   Candida auris: Have you heard of it yet? Dr Auwaerter discusses this newly identified and potentially drug-resistant isolate and tells clinicians to be on the lookout.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 2016
• Antimicrobial Resistance Hits Global Stage at UN Summit   Paul Auwaerter, MD, had the privilege of representing IDSA at the United Nations meeting on antimicrobial resistance. He offers his thoughts about the experience and resulting global action plan.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, November 2016
• Vertebral Osteomyelitis: Is 6 Weeks of Treatment Not Enough?   Paul Auwaerter is rethinking his own clinical practice for treating persistent vertebral osteomyelitis.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, September 2016
• Tried and True: Our Best Advice for Preventing Tickborne Disease   It may not all be evidence-based, but many of these tick-avoidance strategies stand the test of time.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, July 2016
• An Inevitable Invasion: When a Last-Resort Antibiotic Is Not an Option   The news we hoped would never come: The last of the last-resort antibiotics will not work. Now what?
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 2016
• Fluoroquinolones: Not First-Line Treatment   Dr Paul Auwaerter comments on the FDA advisory with new warnings about the use of fluoroquinolones.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 2016
• Spring Fever Brings Springtime Maladies   Paul Auwaerter reminds clinicians to keep infections in mind as the weather turns warm.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, April 2016
• What Clinicians Should Know About the New Lyme Species   Borrelia burgdorferi isn't the only bacterial species causing Lyme disease in the United States. Learn about emerging tickborne infections and how they differ from 'traditional' Lyme disease.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, March 2016
• From Aedes to Zika: Mosquito-borne Viruses a Growing Concern   Chikungunya, dengue, and now Zika viruses pose significant risks to travelers' health, with little defense except mosquito-control measures.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 2016
• Six Drugs for Resistant Pathogens: Good News From IDWeek   Dr Paul Auwaerter shares good news from IDWeek 2015, including updates on anti-infectives--6 new weapons in the battle against resistant organisms.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, November 2015