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Lower mortality in COVID-19 with remdesivir plus dexamethasone than dexamethasone alone

An industry-funded retrospective study found that COVID-19 patients who got both remdesivir and dexamethasone had lower inpatient mortality than matched patients who got dexamethasone alone, across all levels of respiratory support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/02/free/lower-mortality-in-covid-19-with-remdesivir-plus-dexamethasone-than-dexamethasone-alone.htm
2 Oct 2024

Specialty groups offer guide on which lab tests are best for diagnosing infectious diseases

The Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology have published a guide to help physicians determine which tests are most useful in diagnosing infectious diseases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/24/2.htm
24 Jul 2013

A countywide cleanup

Reducing drug-resistant infections among high-risk patients took some lessons in bathing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/31/a-countywide-cleanup.htm
31 Jul 2024

Guidelines suggest fidaxomicin over vancomycin for Clostridioides difficile infection

The Infectious Diseases Society of America and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America made three new recommendations in a focused update of their guidelines on Clostridioides difficile infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/30/4.htm
30 Jun 2021

August 30, 2023

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/30/

Outsmarting MRSA

An infectious diseases specialist offers advice on drugs and strategies to combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/01/outsmarting-mrsa.htm
1 May 2024

Beta-lactam plus doxycycline associated with lower mortality in older patients with CAP

Compared to other guideline-concordant empiric therapies for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), beta-lactam plus doxycycline was associated with lower 30-day and 90-day mortality in a Veterans Affairs cohort study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/17/2.htm
17 Nov 2021

Retrenching against resistance

An infectious diseases expert weighs in on CDC statistics showing a worrisome trend in hospital-associated drug-resistant infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/28/retrenching-against-resistance.htm
28 Aug 2024

Avoiding the antibiogram

Hospitalists don't use antibiograms, a study found. One of the authors discusses why he thinks they're probably right not to.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/22/avoiding-the-antibiogram.htm
22 May 2024

Mandates and other questions about vaccination of health care workers

ACP Hospitalist recently spoke to infectious diseases and ethics expert Janet A. Jokela, MD, MPH, FACP, about how health care systems should handle getting their staff vaccinated against COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/2.htm
9 Dec 2020

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