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2019 Top 10 List of Patient Safety Concerns

Medscape Medical News March 13, 2019
Antibiotic Prescriptions Often Exceed Recommended Treatment Durations

Reuters Health Information March 8, 2019
WHO Chief Unveils Reforms, With More Science, Apps and an Academy

Reuters Health Information March 7, 2019
Stalled Progress on Staph Infections a Deadly Concern, CDC Says

Medscape Medical News March 6, 2019
Prompt UTI Antibiotics Cut Mortality, Sepsis Risk

Medscape Medical News March 1, 2019
Rise of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Rings Alarm Bells in Europe

Reuters Health Information February 27, 2019
Pediatric Medical Overuse Persists

Reuters Health Information February 22, 2019
Precious Antibiotics Still Being Used to Boost Animal Growth -OIE

Reuters Health Information February 15, 2019

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Protective Masks Needed to Combat Endoscopy Contamination

Commentary February 13, 2019

Dr David Johnson on how a recent study of bacterial exposure during routine endoscopy is causing him to change his practice.
Cellulitis or Cellulitis Mimic? How to Tell the Difference

Case Challenge January 25, 2019
Invasive Bacterial Infections in Infants: What Bugs Are New?

Viewpoint January 7, 2019
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

Antibiotics for Everyone?

Viewpoint November 15, 2018

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New Antibiotics for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases March 18, 2019
Drug-Resistant Salmonella Typhi Infections Among Travelers

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report February 1, 2019
Antibiotic Cycling and Incidence of MRSA and C. diff

Emerging Infectious Diseases February 1, 2019
Detection of Gram-Negative Bacteria in Direct Blood Cultures

American Journal of Clinical Pathology January 21, 2019
Managing Acinetobacter baumannii Infections

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases January 17, 2019
Time to Abandon Antimicrobial Approaches in Wound Healing

Wounds January 2, 2019

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CDC: Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work

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