Before patients receive intravenous (IV) antimicrobial infusion therapy outside of the hospital—whether at home, a doctor's office or a skilled nursing facility—an infectious diseases (ID) specialist ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have reported early success with a novel ...

Doctor examining neck of patient Results showed a pooled SSI rate of 8% in patients who received topical antimicrobial prophylaxis vs 29% for control patients who did not receive therapy. The ...

Dr. David Shlaes has been following the various discussions around the development of rapid diagnostic tests for acute bacterial infections. The ACSH advisor has concluded that broad-spectrum empiric ...

Kuwait’s Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi, said the Third Kuwait Conference on AIDS and Antimicrobial Therapy ...

The symbiotic relationship between antimicrobial stewardship and diagnostic technology is becoming more evident. The desire to uncover three truths — the presence of infection, definitive pathogen, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with severe manifestations of sepsis, the sensitivity of blood cultures decreased after ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers estimated the association between the receipt of appropriate initial empirical antibiotic treatment and in-hospital death among ...

The use of preventive measures and self-treatment for travelers' diarrhea is routine in regions where the occurrence of diarrhea is predictably high. People traveling to these areas who do not ...