Investigators characterized temporal and spatial variation in the skin microbiota of patients undergoing colorectal surgery and to determine if dysbiosis contributes to surgical site infections.
Study authors compared clinical cure in patients with E coli bacteremic UTI who were stepped down to oral beta-lactams compared to oral fluoroquinolones.
Study authors assessed the efficacy and safety of cefiderocol vs best available therapy in adults with serious carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative infections.
Researchers compared the efficacy and safety of cefiderocol vs high-dose, extended-infusion meropenem for adults with nosocomial pneumonia.
Study authors compared characteristics of moderate to severe diarrhea between children with culture positive Shigella and culture-negative, qPCR-attributable Shigella and derived a new clinical severity score.
Investigators evaluated the relationship between delay of meropenem and vaborbactam therapy in patients with gram-negative bacterial infections and negative clinical outcomes.
Double anaerobic therapy with piperacillin/tazobactam plus metronidazole was compared to piperacillin/tazobactam alone to manage patients with intra-abdominal infections.
Study authors assessed the prevalence of Elizabethkingia, healthcare settings involved, positive culture sites, and mitigation measures to prevent outbreak.
The effect of ticagrelor in addition to cefazolin plus ertapenem for the clearance of S aureus bacteremia was assessed in a case study.
The effect of appropriate antimicrobial therapy on 14-day mortality in patients severely ill with Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremic pneumonia was assessed, taking risk factors, patient demographics, and clinical characteristics into account.
