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August 2015

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/

Incidence of several multidrug-resistant infections in U.S. inpatients declined in recent years

From 2012 to 2017, there was a substantial decrease in the number of infections with several multidrug-resistant pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/08/5.htm
8 Apr 2020

Deaths from antimicrobial resistance could rise by nearly 70% by 2050, study finds

Between 1990 and 2021, deaths from antimicrobial resistance decreased by more than 50% among children under age five years but increased by more than 80% among adults ages 70 years and older, a global study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/25/deaths-from-antimicrobial-resistance-could-rise-by-nearly-70percent-by-2050-study-finds.htm
25 Sep 2024

Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis may not reduce risk of surgical-site infection

Findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 52 studies support World Health Organization recommendations against continuing surgical antibiotic prophylaxis postoperatively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/03/4.htm
3 Jun 2020

July 20, 2022

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/20/

June 21, 2023

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/

Bloodstream infections resistant to all first-line drugs lead to higher mortality

The study focused on difficult-to-treat resistance, which the authors defined as gram-negative infections that were intermediate/resistant in vitro to all beta-lactam categories, including carbapenems, and fluoroquinolones.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/01/3.htm
1 Aug 2018

Drug-resistant infections increased during pandemic, remained high, CDC reports

Hospital-onset cases of Candida auris increased nearly fivefold from 2019 to 2022, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was the only studied resistant infection that is not elevated above prepandemic levels, a CDC fact sheet said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/24/drug-resistant-infections-increased-during-pandemic-remained-high-cdc-reports.htm
24 Jul 2024

New guidance issued on antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative infections

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's updated recommendations focus on several types of resistant Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa with difficult-to-treat resistance, carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/14/new-guidance-issued-on-antimicrobial-resistant-gram-negative-infections.htm
14 Aug 2024

Guidelines released on management of empyema

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery offered recommendations related to clinical presentation, imaging studies, laboratory and pleural fluid analysis, and treatment in patients with possible empyema.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/03/3.htm
3 May 2017

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