Sepsis News

• Fecal Transplant Transmits Fatal Drug-Resistant E coli Infection Fecal microbiota transplant seeded resistant E coli bacteremia in two patients, one of whom died, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, October 31, 2019
• Stress Disorders Linked to Life-threatening Infections PTSD or other stress-related conditions are tied to an increased risk of life-threatening infection, including sepsis, endocarditis, and meningitis, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2019
• CHEST 2019Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Use Questioned in Intensive Care All patients with sepsis receive broad-spectrum antibiotics without delay in some intensive care units, but debate over whether this practice is feeding antibiotic resistance is ongoing.
  Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2019
• FDA Panel Recommends Cefiderocol for Complicated UTI An FDA advisory committee recommended cefiderocol for complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis caused by gram-negative bacteria in patients with limited treatment options.
  Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2019
• Blood Test Helps Identify Pneumonia Patients at Risk for Acute Respiratory Failure or Sepsis A blood test can identify a subgroup of pneumonia patients at increased risk for developing acute respiratory failure or sepsis, according to new research.
  Reuters Health Information, October 10, 2019
• Study Finds No Benefit in Faster, Slower Rates of Feeding in Preterm Babies The debate over how quickly to increase the milk intake for preterm infants has new evidence suggesting that speed doesn't seem to matter.
  Reuters Health Information, October 09, 2019
• Bariatric Surgery Can Benefit Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Despite increased complication rates, patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) can benefit from bariatric surgery, including becoming eligible for transplant, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, October 04, 2019
• Infectious-Disease Consult Linked to Fewer Candidemia Deaths Patients with candida bloodstream infection who receive an infectious-disease consultation have lower mortality than those who don't get a consult, according to new findings.
  Reuters Health Information, October 03, 2019
• Emergency Abdominal Surgery Outcomes Worse for Nursing Home Residents Older adults living in nursing homes who need emergency abdominal surgery are more likely to die or experience serious complications than counterparts living in the community, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, October 01, 2019
• Sepsis-Alert System in the ED May Cut Racial Disparity in Pediatric Sepsis Recognition A pediatric emergency department (ED) electronic sepsis alert system may reduce racial disparities in sepsis recognition, new findings hint.
  Reuters Health Information, September 13, 2019
• Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Newport Outbreak Linked to U.S. Beef, Mexican Soft Cheese A recent multistate outbreak of infections with multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Newport with decreased susceptibility to azithromycin was linked to U.S. beef and Mexican cheese, according to an epidemiologic investigation.
  Reuters Health Information, September 06, 2019
• Later Onset of Infections After Splenectomy Seen With Vaccination Vaccination is associated with later onset of infection in adults who undergo splenectomy, according to findings from the Rochester (Minnesota) Epidemiology Project (REP).
  Reuters Health Information, September 02, 2019
• HIV: Underlying Infection Still Drives Deaths in US Life expectancy for US adults infected with HIV has risen dramatically since the early 1980s, but patients are still dying from HIV-related causes rather than age-related conditions.
  Medscape Medical News, September 02, 2019
• Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Often Inappropriately Treated With Antibiotics Hospitalized patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) are often inappropriately given antibiotics, which is unlikely to improve outcomes and may prolong hospital stay, new research suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 29, 2019
• Alert EC Clears Eculizumab (Soliris) for Neuromyelitis Optica Eculizumab is now indicated in Europe for adults with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder who are anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody-positive and whose disease is following a relapsing course.
  International Approvals, August 28, 2019
• Bacteremic UTI in Infants Can Be Managed With Shorter-Course Parenteral Antibiotics Recurrent urinary-tract infections (UTIs) are no more frequent among infants with bacteremic UTI who receive shorter versus longer parenteral antibiotic treatment, according to a retrospective study.
  Reuters Health Information, August 20, 2019
• Some Fever-Free Newborns Evaluated for Serious Infection in the ED Can Be Discharged Early Infants younger than four weeks old who have a history of fever but who remain fever-free during an observation period in the emergency department for serious bacterial infection (SBI) are good candidates for early discharge, new research suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 25, 2019
• One-Third of Cambodians Infected With Threadworm Nearly a third of Cambodians have been infected with the threadworm Strongyloides stercoralis, according to a nationwide, community-based parasitological survey.
  Reuters Health Information, July 19, 2019
• Safety Lapses Spurred Septic Knee Arthritis Outbreak Forty-one patients who received intra-articular injections at a private outpatient osteoarthritis clinic contracted this rare condition, an investigation showed.
  Medscape Medical News, July 17, 2019
• 'Big Three' Diseases Account for Most Diagnostic Error Harm Targeting improvements in the diagnosis of vascular events, infections, and cancers could reduce a large number of errors resulting in severe harms, study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, July 12, 2019