Carbapenems: Opening Pandora's Box.
Published in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Impact of Revised Infectious Diseases Society of America and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Clinical Pra...
Published in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Our objective was to determine if oral vancomycin, fidaxomicin, and oral metronidazole use in the United States changed after publication of revised clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in February 2018. We obtained US antibiotic prescription data (IQVIA) from 2006-August 2019 and used guideline-recommended dosing ...
Are Macrolides as Effective as Fluoroquinolones in Legionella Pneumonia? Yes, but….
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Reply to Nishimura et al.
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Single Dose Abacavir Pharmacokinetics and Safety in Neonates Exposed to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
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Abacavir is a potential option for prophylaxis and early treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but no data are available in neonates. Ten neonates administered a single abacavir dose of 8 mg/kg before 15 days of life had substantially higher exposures than those reported in infants and children, with no reported adverse events. © The Aut...
The Importance of Pathogen Whole-Genome Sequencing in Evaluating Interventions to Reduce the Spread of Multidrug-Resista...
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Lessons From Mass-Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly in San Francisco.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 can cause significant mortality in the elderly in long-term care facilities (LTCF). We describe 4 LTCF outbreaks where mass testing identified a high proportion of asymptomatic infections (4%-41% in healthcare workers and 20%-75% in residents), indicating that symptom-based screening alone is insufficient for monitoring for...
Outbreaks of Adenovirus-associated Respiratory Illness on 5 College Campuses in the United States, 2018-2019.
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Human adenoviruses (HAdVs) are commonly associated with acute respiratory illness. HAdV outbreaks are well documented in congregate military training settings, but less is known about outbreaks on college campuses. During fall 2018 and spring 2019, 5 United States (US) colleges reported increases in HAdV-associated respiratory illness. Investigatio...
Risk Factors for Recurrent Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.
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To understand the clinical, bacterial, and host characteristics associated with recurrent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (R-SAB), patients with R-SAB were compared to contemporaneous patients with a single episode of SAB (S-SAB). All SAB isolates underwent spa genotyping. All isolates from R-SAB patients underwent pulsed-field gel electrophoresis...
MRSA Transmission in Intensive Care Units: Genomic Analysis of Patients, Their Environments, and Healthcare Workers.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-and now USA300 MRSA-is a significant intensive care unit (ICU) pathogen; healthcare worker (HCW) contamination may lead to patient cross-transmission. From September 2015 to February 2016, to study the spread of MRSA, we enrolled HCWs in 4 adult ICUs caring for patients on MRSA contact precautions....
