August 2018

August 21, 2018

An understanding of the limitations in their functionality and strategies for more appropriate applications are necessary for clinicians.

August 20, 2018

Medication advancements offer more options and formulations for treating pediatric patients living with HIV.

August 16, 2018

Aerosolized antibiotics are a reasonable adjunctive option to treat multidrug-resistant gram-negative pneumonia due to excellent pulmonary concentrations and few adverse effects.

August 16, 2018

New geographical spread of the disease may warrant increased vigilance among labs and clinicians.

August 15, 2018

Contagion® editor-in-chief, Jason C. Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, affirms that the health care industry needs to hit the reset button on how antibiotics are developed.

August 14, 2018

Moving away from the standard course of IV antibiotics.

August 13, 2018

In addition to other updates, new breakpoints have been added for cefiderocol and meropenem-vaborbactam.

August 10, 2018

Gram-positive multidrug-resistant infections may be managed effectively with a single dose of long-acting lipo­glycopeptide antibiotics in the outpatient setting; however, careful patient selection is important for maximizing the cost-benefit of these relatively expensive drugs.

August 08, 2018

Targeting stewardship interventions to the morning hours may have a greater impact than afternoons and nights.

August 07, 2018

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a widely accepted, safe, and effective treatment for recurrent Clostridium diffi­cile infection (rCDI), but does the cure endure?

August 06, 2018

A team of physicians yields surprising findings in an elderly patient in shock with seizures.