Joy Uzoma, PharmD, BCIDP

A recent study evaluated bundled ambulatory stewardship interventions (ASIs) — audits, reporting, webinars, and electronic alerts — to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions (IAPs) for acute uncomplicated bronchitis (AUB).

Penicillin continues to be an important therapy for treating syphilis. Here is a review of the literature in comparing one of the first antibiotics to non-penicillin treatments for non-neurological syphilis.

New evidence suggests that oral transitional therapy may be a promising option for the treatment of infective endocarditis (IE). A retrospective cohort study reveals comparable clinical outcomes between oral and intravenous antibiotic regimens.

Investigators examined the efficacy and safety of carbapenems vs select novel antibiotics for treatment of cUTI.