June 2020

Final Diagnosis: Infective Endocarditis Due to Granulicatella adiacens and Streptococcus mitis.

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

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.

This virus has multiple facets and highlights a need for real-time learning.

Evolving research has led the infectious diseases community to redefine its definition of cure.

Lefamulin, a recently approved pleuromutilin, adds to the current antibiotic armamentarium, although its place in therapy remains to be seen.

In an era of increasing antimicrobial resis­tance, clinicians are hard-pressed to use narrow-spectrum agents to preserve antibi­otic activity.

This is one of the first studies examining the effect of a dedicated postsplenectomy comprehensive clinic.

My hope is that years from now, when we look back on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it will have served a few purposes.

In his June Editor-in-Chief letter, Dr. Jason Gallagher explores the influence of preprints amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The health system’s response could be used as a teaching model for addressing future infectious disease threats.