Search results for "Antibiotics"
Acinetobacter baumannii infections increasingly resistant to antibiotics
The highest prevalence of resistance was to doripenem (90.3%), followed by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (55.3%). The lowest rate of resistance was to colistin at 5.3%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/16/4.htm
16 Sep 2015
May 31, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/31/
New tetracycline noninferior to standard-of-care antibiotics for two common infections
Omadacycline, a new-generation tetracycline, was approved in 2018 by the FDA to treat adults with acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/13/1.htm
13 Feb 2019
Inappropriate CAP diagnosis common in hospitalized adults
A prospective cohort study of 48 hospitals in Michigan found that 12% of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) appeared to have been diagnosed incorrectly and that of these, 87.6% received a full course of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/inappropriate-cap-diagnosis-common-in-hospitalized-adults.htm
27 Mar 2024
C. diff-related bloodstream infection seen less often with FMT vs. antibiotics
While fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) was associated with fewer bloodstream infections than antibiotics in one study, a brief report described two cases of drug-resistant bacteremia transmitted by FMT.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/06/1.htm
6 Nov 2019
Take a bite out of HAP
Brushing teeth reduces hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) risk, and changes are needed to make this simple practice happen more regularly in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/free/take-a-bite-out-of-hap.htm
6 Mar 2024
Early antibiotic therapy did not improve outcomes in complicated urinary tract infection
Based on the study's results, physicians might consider supportive treatment and watchful waiting in stable patients until the pathogen causing the complicated urinary tract infection is identified, the authors suggested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/23/1.htm
23 May 2018
November 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/
Procalcitonin may not be reliable enough to withhold or mandate antibiotics in CAP
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that the pooled sensitivity and specificity estimates of serum procalcitonin were 0.55 and 0.76, respectively, for distinguishing bacterial from viral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/03/1.htm
3 Jul 2019
Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
A mycotic aneurysm, retroperitoneal hematoma, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/free/cases-from-the-medical-college-of-wisconsin.htm
28 Feb 2024