Search results for "Drug resistance"
Get the germs where they live—in the hospital
An expert delivers good news and bad news about hospital-acquired infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/06/hai.htm
15 Jun 2009
Cases from St. Louis University
Wernicke's encephalopathy, idiopathic splenic infarction, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/brief-case-from-st-louis-university.htm
15 Nov 2018
Teaming up to fight superbugs
Antimicrobial stewardship teams ramp up the fight against “superbugs.” The battle with drug-resistant bacteria has evolved into an all-out war in many hospitals, and fighting back with newer drugs no longer seems like the best defensive strategy. Instead, hospitals are deploying multidisciplinary teams to spread the word about prevention through judicious use of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/cover.htm
15 Jan 2009
Future of antibiotics worries infectious disease experts
At the Infectious Diseases Society of America meeting last fall, one of the issues that most riled the experts was antibiotics, specifically the lack of them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/idsa.htm
15 Jan 2010
Start ART in all HIV-infected adults, expert panel says
All adults with HIV should be offered antiretroviral therapy (ART) regardless of CD4 cell count, according to the 2012 International Antiviral Society-USA panel recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/25/2.htm
25 Jul 2012
1996 guidelines better than 2005 set for ICU patients with potentially resistant microorganisms
Boxed warning added for hematology drug
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/17/4.htm
17 Mar 2010
AIDS society updates antiretroviral recommendations for U.S. adults
AMA survey shows impact of consultation code elimination
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/28/4.htm
28 Jul 2010
Is it pneumonia?
Concerns are growing that pneumonia is being overdiagnosed. Here's how you can stem the trend.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/pneumonia.htm
15 Mar 2014
A new kind of stewardship
Patients taking antiretroviral therapy are at risk for medication errors during hospitalization and care transitions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/a-new-kind-of-stewardship.htm
15 Jan 2020
Recent Research
Urinalysis orders, resistant infections, molecular C. diff testing, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2015