This study presents a simple, widely available and inexpensive model for predicting C difficile infection severity and mortality to identify patients at risk at admission to the ED.
The use of gentamicin-impregnated beads and/or sponges should be discouraged in early acute periprosthetic joint infection as their use is associated with high failure rates.
Infants ≤60 days old with fever and confirmed viral infections are at a lower risk for serious bacterial infections compared to infants without a virus.
A ratio of free drug area under the concentration-time curve to MIC for daptomycin was linked with an higher 30-day survival in some with bacteremia.
Among children with acute leukemia receiving intensive chemotherapy, receipt of levofloxacin prophylaxis compared with no prophylaxis resulted in a significant reduction in bacteremia.
As Xerava is a fully-synthetic fluorocycline antibacterial that is structurally similar to tetracyclines, treatment is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to tetracycline-class antibacterial drugs.
The 68-year-old patient reported having a fever for 1 week followed by progressive, painful swelling on the right side of his neck for 2 months.
The combination of daptomycin with fosfomycin demonstrates increased efficacy in treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia compared with daptomycin alone.
Oral ciprofloxacin has been found to be an effective option for gram-negative bacteremia treatment.
At least one respiratory virus detected in 10 percent of surface samples at major airport during flu season.
