Experts share advice for physicians taking care of patients with C. difficile infection (CDI).
Drs 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.
Research presented at ASHP 2024 found that concerns around the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and the credibility of information from public health authorities were the biggest drivers of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A recent study showed that an increase in anti-hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy was not a consequence of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.
This market has seen a flurry of activity, as shown by a review of the latest agents.
The key is using the right dose on the right patient at the right time.
Emerging treatment options for patients with persistently positive blood cultures with Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).
Outside of vaccines, these underutilized therapies are the best defense against severe disease.
The latest article from SIDP illustrates the challenges of area under the curve (AUC) implementation and offers insights for strategies and resources to overcome them.
As the number of etiologies increases, we must ground our application of new diagnostic modalities with appropriate assessments.
Conflicting priorities of infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, and critical care make the management of sepsis secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection challenging.
Although 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.
Following FDA approval, GigaGen's therapy enters Phase 1 clinical trials as the first recombinant human polyclonal therapy for hepatitis B.
Key opinion leaders provide some advice for the public regarding COVID-19 booster shots and look to the future of the pandemic.
Here is a review of the literature for this class of antibiotics.
Although COVID-19 vaccination remains the primary focus for health care, other paramount vaccines need to be recognized. Here is a review.
Four lessons learned from the AIDS crisis that can be applied to the fight against our current pandemic.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has helped advance respiratory diagnostics and surveillance, there are still many gaps that remain across the spectrum of healthcare.
A robust stewardship program requires a comprehensive investment in technology and staff.
How pharmacists can use shared decision-making to improve antibiotic use.
With antimicrobial drug shortages expected to continue globally, developing mitigation strategies is essential to prevent complications, including antimicrobial resistance.
Tina Tan, MD; Wendy Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP; Priya Nori, MD; Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD; and Kevin Michael Reiter, MD, PA, provide key takeaways from the discussion on the treatment of respiratory viral infections.
A multidisciplinary panel concludes a discussion on best practices for managing patients with HIV in various healthcare settings and overcoming social health disparities.
These skills are as critical as ever, and younger clinicians and learners need them to communicate and work professionally.
Biologics have become a novel treatment in recurrent C. difficile.
This pathogen is the third most frequently isolated nontuberculous mycobacteria seen in the United States. Here is a review of how it presents and treatment options.
Advice to community physicians regarding ways to enhance patient-provider relationships and navigate barriers that impact the management of HIV infections.
Shorter durations of antibiotic therapy demonstrate similar efficacy and may improve safety compared with longer courses for certain infections.