August 2018
Antibiograms for Optimizing Empiric Therapy: Use Them Wisely
August 21, 2018
Article
Feature - Stewardship & Prevention
An understanding of the limitations in their functionality and strategies for more appropriate applications are necessary for clinicians.
An Update to Antiretroviral Therapies for Pediatric Patients Living With HIV
August 20, 2018
Article
HIV / AIDS
Medication advancements offer more options and formulations for treating pediatric patients living with HIV.
Considerations for Aerosolized Antibiotics in Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Pneumonia
August 16, 2018
Article
Multidrug-Resistant Infections
Aerosolized antibiotics are a reasonable adjunctive option to treat multidrug-resistant gram-negative pneumonia due to excellent pulmonary concentrations and few adverse effects.
Dimorphic Fungal Pathogen May Be Causing Fatal Infections in Western US and Canada
August 16, 2018
Article
Emerging & Re-Emerging Infections
New geographical spread of the disease may warrant increased vigilance among labs and clinicians.
Antibiotic Development—We Gave It a Push, Now It Needs a Pull
August 15, 2018
Article
Editor-in-Chief Letter
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.
Controversies of Antimicrobial Transitions in Adults With Gram-Negative Bacteremia
August 14, 2018
Article
Acute Infections
Moving away from the standard course of IV antibiotics.
What's New from the CLSI Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing?
August 13, 2018
Article
News and Breakthroughs
In addition to other updates, new breakpoints have been added for cefiderocol and meropenem-vaborbactam.
Management of Gram-Positive Multidrug-Resistant Infections: The Role of Long-Acting Lipoglycopeptides
August 10, 2018
Article
Peer Exchange
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.
Coffee, Donuts, and Antimicrobial Stewardship
August 08, 2018
Article
In the Literature
Targeting stewardship interventions to the morning hours may have a greater impact than afternoons and nights.
FMT Proves to Be Effective and Acceptable Treatment for rCDI
August 07, 2018
Article
In the Literature
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a widely accepted, safe, and effective treatment for recurrent Clostridium diffi­cile infection (rCDI), but does the cure endure?
An Unexpected Meningitis Culprit
August 06, 2018
Article
Case Study
A team of physicians yields surprising findings in an elderly patient in shock with seizures.