Search results for "C. difficile"
Screening for C. diff on admission
A surgical service found screening for carriers reduced hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/success-story-screening-for-c-diff-on-admission.htm
15 Sep 2018
Let the computer figure it out
Researchers look at how machine learning could change hospital care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/machine-learning-computer-figure-out.htm
15 Jan 2018
Just enough, but not too much, antibiotics for CAP patients
Prudent approaches to treating community-acquired pneumonia in the hospital include achievable goals, such as using the lowest number and spectrum of antibiotics and shortening treatment durations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/05/1.htm
5 Apr 2017
Microbiome therapeutic reduced risk of recurrent C. difficile infection in phase 3 trial
An industry-funded trial of patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection who received standard-of-care treatment with antibiotics found that those who also received the investigational drug had a 68% lower risk of recurrence than those who received placebo.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/microbiome-therapeutic-reduced-risk-of-recurrent-c-difficile.htm
26 Jan 2022
Nosocomial C. difficile sources may be more community-based than previously thought
Genetically diverse, community-based sources of Clostridium difficile may play a larger role in nosocomial transmission than previously thought, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/02/2.htm
2 Oct 2013
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about predicting surgical outcomes, abdominal CTs for C. diff patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/jw.htm
15 Oct 2009
OPAT has similar safety, lower costs versus inpatient antibiotic therapy
Patients receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) after hospitalization for bacterial infection had 90-day adverse event rates of 35.6% compared to 39.0% in those who stayed in the hospital for parenteral antimicrobial therapy, a retrospective Canadian study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/opat-has-similar-safety-lower-costs-versus-inpatient-antibiotic-therapy.htm
27 Apr 2022
Problems and potential with probiotics
Despite challenges such as FDA regulation of research and uncertainties about potential risks of probiotics, the good bugs are becoming more prevalent in both consumer and health care settings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/conference-coverage-probiotics.htm
15 Dec 2017
Two-step testing for Clostridioides difficile appears safe in multicenter study
Using an enzyme immunoassay after a positive nucleic acid amplification test was associated with a decrease in hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infections and a reduction in related antibiotic use but no change in emergent colectomies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/14/two-step-testing-for-clostridioides-difficile-appears-safe-in-multicenter-study.htm
14 Jun 2023
Ventilators, patch, and injections recalled
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/fda.htm
15 Aug 2015