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Getting Help from HAL: Applying Machine Learning to Predict Antibiotic ResistanceA pair of experts assess literature on the means of interpreting hospitalized patient antibiotic resistance through machine learning.
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Emergency Department Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Critical Area of Focus for Health SystemsAs the first line of acute care, emergency departments are key stewards of antibiotics.
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Sorry Ganciclovir, You’re Just Not the One for MeImportant clinical considerations to know about resistant CMV infections.
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Emergency Department Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Critical Area of Focus for Health SystemsAs the first line of acute care, emergency departments are key stewards of antibiotics.
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To Prophylax or not to Prophylax: Preventing CDIClinicians look at optimal approaches for trying to avoid Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
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All About the JUICE: Justifying Use of Non-Carbapenems for Infected NeCrotizing PancrEatitisManagement of this condition has been associated with antibiotic misuse. In the latest Bench to Bedside column, clinicians offer insights on therapy indications and what the latest literature reports on the condition.
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Top 5 Tips for Teaching ID LearnersThe latest article from SIDP offers a Top 5 list of how to precept a learner on an infectious disease rotation.
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Combination Antifungal for Invasive Mucormycosis: Yay or Nay?There is limited and conflicting data regarding the role of combination antifungal therapy for treatment of invasive mucormycosis.
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Mixed Fungal Brain AbscessClinicians review a patient case including diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.
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NAFLD Is Increasingly Affecting Patients With HIVThe prevalence of this disease in this patient population is much higher than in the general public.
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SPREADing the Love: The Importance of Mentorship in PharmacyIn the latest column from SIDP, the authors discuss having leaders to help navigate school and beyond.
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The Role of Pharmacists in the World of Pediatric Antimicrobial StewardshipThe limitation in the number of pediatric-specific guidelines by professional organizations, and results from large randomized clinical trials, may place an additional emphasis on literature evaluation skills for pediatric ASP pharmacists.
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Advice for Physicians to Manage C. Difficile Infection (CDI)Experts share advice for physicians taking care of patients with C. difficile infection (CDI).
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Influenza Vaccination With SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Booster ShotsDrs Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, Madeline King, Rodney Rohde, and expert nurse practitioner Wendy Wright provide insight on receiving the influenza vaccine concurrently with the SARS-CoV-2 booster shot, and comment on data on immune responses from the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines.
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Cognitive Symptoms Associated With Long COVID Linked to Greater Functional ImpairmentParticipants of a recent study who experienced more daily cognitive symptoms had a greater likelihood of reporting moderate interference with functioning, less likelihood of full-time employment, and greater severity of depressive symptoms.
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Exploring the Recently Approved and Upcoming Clostridioides difficile TherapeuticsThis market has seen a flurry of activity, as shown by a review of the latest agents.
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COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma: What Is Its Role in Therapy?The key is using the right dose on the right patient at the right time.
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Treating Persistent Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) BacteremiaEmerging treatment options for patients with persistently positive blood cultures with Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).
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A Review of the Currently Available Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19Outside of vaccines, these underutilized therapies are the best defense against severe disease.
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Vancomycin AUC Implementation in Resource-Limited Settings and its Associated DifficultiesThe latest article from SIDP illustrates the challenges of area under the curve (AUC) implementation and offers insights for strategies and resources to overcome them.
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Fever of Unknown Origin: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?As the number of etiologies increases, we must ground our application of new diagnostic modalities with appropriate assessments.
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Opposing Forces During COVID-19: Perspective From the ICUConflicting priorities of infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, and critical care make the management of sepsis secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection challenging.
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Community-Acquired Candida Glabrata Empyema: An Atypical Diagnosis Not to MissAlthough this patient had none of these common risk factors associated with Candida empyema, she did have other factors predisposing her to fungal colonization and subsequent infection.
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COVID-19 Booster Shots and the FutureKey opinion leaders provide some advice for the public regarding COVID-19 booster shots and look to the future of the pandemic.
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Oral Carbapenems: Promise, Peril, and PushbacksHere is a review of the literature for this class of antibiotics.
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What’s New With Non–COVID-19 VaccinesAlthough COVID-19 vaccination remains the primary focus for health care, other paramount vaccines need to be recognized. Here is a review.
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Lessons in Resilience: What HIV Teaches Us About COVID-19Four lessons learned from the AIDS crisis that can be applied to the fight against our current pandemic.
