For patients with pharyngotonsillitis caused by group A streptococci, treatment with penicillin V four times a day for 5 days was comparable with penicillin V three times a day for 10 days
The FDA has approved Fetroja for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections.
For infections with Mycoplasma genitalium, resistance-guided therapy using doxycycline followed by azithromycin or moxifloxacin led to high levels of microbiologic cure and low levels of de novo resistance, according to data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. A total of 383 patients who attended Melbourne Sexual Health Centre in Australia between 2017 and 2018 with sexually…
Nasal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has shown high negative predicative values and therefore may be a powerful stewardship tool for de-escalation and avoidance of empirical therapy.
In this study, we found that early first antibiotic administration was associated with improved outcomes in ED patients with septic shock using propensity score analysis.
For the treatment of drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, ceftolozane/tazobactam regimens are superior to alternative therapies.
Compared with intravenous treatment, oral antimicrobial therapy reduced hospital stays for patients with acute pyelonephritis caused by extended-spectrum, β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriales.
A high dose and continuous infusion of cefoxitin has been associated with clinical success in treating febrile urinary tract infections in men caused by extended spectrum beta-lactamase–producing E coli.
Lefamulin appears to be noninferior in safety and efficacy compared with moxifloxicin in the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
A new scoring system for Drug Resistance in Pneumonia (DRIP) has demonstrated efficacy in improving pneumonia-related prescription trends, including a significant drop in broad-spectrum antibiotic prescriptions.
