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New data may evidence oral care as a therapeutic measure to reduce bacterial and viral spread.

Karen Giuliano, PhD: Oral Care to Reduce Hospital Infections

Multidrug-Resistant Infection is Diverse, Frequent in Hospital Setting

New data show ADA-recommended oral care for inpatients is associated with an 85% reduction in NVHAP infections at an 800-bed medical center over a year.

Oral Care May Prevent Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Spread

Cefiderocol was noninferior to high-dose, extended-infusion meropenem in terms of all-case mortality in patients with gram-negative nosocomial pneumonia and showed similar clinical and microbiological efficacy to best available therapies in carbapenem-resistant, gram-negative bacterial infections, according to 2 recently released studies.

Cefiderocol Shows Promise in Phase 3 Studies, But Questions Remain 

When Shorter May Not Be Better: Pseudomonas Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

Expansion of antimicrobial stewardship strategies to include vertical methods represents an opportunity for programs, both new and established, to further optimize antimicrobial use.

Vertical Antimicrobial Stewardship Can Take Programs to New Heights

Candida auris is an emerging health care–associated multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen with public health concerns more similar to those of extensively drug-resistant bacterial pathogens than other species of Candida.

Candida auris Is Changing the Paradigm of Antifungal-Resistant Candida

The antibacterial is efficacious in a majority of patients in a small study.

Eravacycline Realizes Successful Clinical Endpoint in OPAT Facilities

Hollis O’Neal, MD, the national primary investigator for the Cytovale early sepsis detection system, discusses sepsis and COVID-19 and provides an overview of his pilot study.

Assessing Host Response for Sepsis Through Early Detection

Community-acquired infections&mdash;including those associated with outpatient settings&mdash;are still problematic, authors say.

HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS (HAI)