Resource-Saving Advice From an ID Specialist TeamResource-Saving Advice From an ID Specialist Team
Is an infectious disease consultation useful to limit the overuse of antibiotic therapy in patients hospitalized in nonintensive care units? Future Microbiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy of Sepsis and Septic ShockOptimizing Antimicrobial Therapy of Sepsis and Septic Shock
Explore the pathophysiology of sepsis in an attempt to produce a better understanding of antimicrobial therapy response in septic shock. Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - March 19, 2015 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Critical Care Journal Article Source Type: news
Septic Shock and Adequacy of Empiric Antibiotics in the EDSeptic Shock and Adequacy of Empiric Antibiotics in the ED
Does empiric antibiotic therapy in the ED provide sufficient antibiotic coverage for septic patients? The Journal of Emergency Medicine (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - December 8, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Emergency Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Short-Course Antibiotics Good in Diabetic Foot OsteomyelitisShort-Course Antibiotics Good in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
Debate continues as to the appropriate time course for antibiotic therapy in diabetic foot osteomyelitis and is further informed by a new prospective trial in patients who didn't undergo surgery. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - November 27, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Technical Improvements in Culturing Blood
Blood culture is a laboratory test where a blood specimen, taken from a patient, is inoculated into bottles containing culture media to determine if infection-causing microorganisms (bacteria or fungi) have invaded the patient’s bloodstream. This test is an important investigation with major implications for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with bloodstream infections and possible sepsis. Moreover, blood culture will also provide the etiologic agent for antimicrobial susceptibility testing, enabling optimization of antibiotic therapy with significant impact on the outcome of the disease. Even if the potential ...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Microbiology - October 17, 2014 Category: Microbiology Source Type: news
Clinical Diagnosis of Sepsis and the Combined Use of Biomarkers and Culture- and Non-Culture-Based Assays
Sepsis is among the most common causes of death in hospitalized patients, and early recognition followed by immediate initiation of therapy is an important concept to improve survival in these patients. According to the definition of sepsis, diagnosis of sepsis requires the recognition of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) caused by infection as well as recognition of possible infection-related organ dysfunctions for diagnosis of severe sepsis or septic shock. Both SIRS and organ dysfunctions may occur frequently in hospitalized patients for various reasons. However, the fast recognition of acute infection ...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Microbiology - October 17, 2014 Category: Microbiology Source Type: news
Economic Impact of Redundant Antimicrobial TherapyEconomic Impact of Redundant Antimicrobial Therapy
How much money is being wasted on redundant antimicrobial therapy? Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Dual Antibiotic Treatment Best for Moderately Severe PneumoniaDual Antibiotic Treatment Best for Moderately Severe Pneumonia
Dual antibiotic therapy is needed for patients hospitalized with moderately severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), suggests a randomized controlled trial. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Pneumonia: More precise diagnosis method developed by interdisciplinary research team
More accurate and rapid methods of identification of bacterial pathogens in patients with pulmonary infections are under investigation by scientists, which could lead to more targeted antimicrobial therapy with potentially less adverse effects and lower costs. Next-generation sequencing of samples from the sputum of intubated patients may enable more focused treatment of pneumonia in the critically ill. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 23, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Interdisciplinary research team finds method for more precise diagnosis of pneumonia
(George Washington University) An interdisciplinary team of George Washington University researchers are investigating more accurate and rapid methods of identification of bacterial pathogens in patients with pulmonary infections, which could lead to more targeted antimicrobial therapy with potentially less adverse effects and lower costs. Next-generation sequencing of samples from the sputum of intubated patients, as outlined in their recently published paper in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, may enable more focused treatment of pneumonia in the critically ill. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 23, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Study identifies protein that helps prevent active tuberculosis in infected patients
A UCLA-led study has identified a protein that appears to play a key role in protecting people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis — the bacterium that causes tuberculosis — from developing the active form of the disease. The protein, interleukin-32, was discovered to be one biomarker of adequate host defense against TB.
The discovery could help doctors identify people who are at the greatest risk for the highly contagious and potentially fatal lung disease, and it could point the way toward new treatment strategies for TB.
The study, conducted in partnership with researchers from Harvard University School of Pu...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 20, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Make the Diagnosis: Aching Foot
(MedPage Today) -- Case Study: A seventy-four-year-old woman presented with right midfoot and hindfoot pain. Clinical and radiographic evaluation showed midfoot arthritis and chronic tendinopathy of the Achilles tendon. Medical history included severe wound complication following cholecystectomy twenty years prior. Preoperative blood test results were normal.
Two days after complex right midfoot fusion and Achilles tendon reconstruction, the foot was moderately painful with severe swelling. Blood tests showed leukocytosis and an increased CRP level. Infection was considered, and six days after surgery, a debridement was p...
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - August 13, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
Antibiotic therapy reduces mortality by 68 percent in hemodialysis patients
An antibiotic therapy known to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients has been shown for the first time to reduce mortality, according to a study. Bloodstream infections are a leading cause of hospitalization and death in hemodialysis patients. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 2, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Antibiotic therapy reduces mortality by 68 percent in hemodialysis patients
(Henry Ford Health System) An antibiotic therapy known to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients has been shown for the first time to reduce mortality, according to a Henry Ford Health System study. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 2, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Statins and Antibiotics: Which Combination Is Safest?Statins and Antibiotics: Which Combination Is Safest?
A patient with multiple comorbidities taking several drugs presents with an infection requiring antibiotic therapy. What is safest? Take this case challenge. Medscape Internal Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Case Challenge Source Type: news
