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Antibiotic Stewardship

Review | Artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning: Potential resources for the infection clinician

9 Aug, 2023 | 15:18h | UTC

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning: Potential resources for the infection clinician – Journal of Infection

 


Perspective | Cardiac device infection: removing barriers to timely and adequate treatment

4 Aug, 2023 | 11:54h | UTC

Cardiac device infection: removing barriers to timely and adequate treatment – European Heart Journal

 


Position Paper | Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in skin surgery

3 Aug, 2023 | 13:39h | UTC

Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in skin surgery – Position paper of the Antibiotic Stewardship working group of the German Society for Dermatologic Surgery (DGDC) – Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Part 1: Procedure- and patient-related risk factors

Part 2: Special indications and situations

 


RCT | Early oral antibiotic switch in low-risk neutropenic sepsis shows mixed results

3 Aug, 2023 | 13:15h | UTC

Early switch to oral antibiotic therapy in patients with low risk neutropenic sepsis (EASI-SWITCH): A randomized non-inferiority trial – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

 


Consensus Paper | Diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis in adults

1 Aug, 2023 | 14:34h | UTC

Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis in Adults: A WikiGuidelines Group Consensus Statement – JAMA Network Open

 


RCT | Limited antibiotic efficacy in children with sinusitis lacking nasopharyngeal pathogens

27 Jul, 2023 | 13:08h | UTC

Identifying Children Likely to Benefit From Antibiotics for Acute Sinusitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Acute Bacterial Sinusitis: Limitations of Test-Based Treatment – JAMA (free for a limited period)

News Release: Bacterial testing in kids with sinusitis could slash antibiotic use – University of Pittsburgh

Commentary: Trial suggests bacterial test could reduce antibiotics in kids with sinusitis – CIDRAP

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Cohort Study | 9.9% of patients acquire C. difficile carriage in healthcare facilities, most do not develop clinical infection

27 Jul, 2023 | 13:01h | UTC

Natural History of Clostridioides difficile Colonization and Infection Following New Acquisition of Carriage in Healthcare Settings: A Prospective Cohort Study – Clinical Infectious Diseases

 


Consensus Paper | Urinary tract infections in pregnant individuals

25 Jul, 2023 | 13:53h | UTC

Urinary Tract Infections in Pregnant Individuals – Obstetrics & Gynecology

 


RCT | Long-term Doxycycline for COPD does not reduce exacerbations, except possibly in severe cases or with low eosinophils

24 Jul, 2023 | 12:50h | UTC

A Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo-controlled Trial of Long-Term Doxycycline Therapy on Exacerbation Rate in Patients with Stable COPD – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 


RCT | Molecular screening for bacterial vaginosis does not significantly reduce preterm birth rates

21 Jul, 2023 | 13:31h | UTC

Effectiveness and Costs of Molecular Screening and Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis to Prevent Preterm Birth: The AuTop Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Pediatrics

See also: Visual Abstract

 


IDSA 2023 Guidance on the treatment of antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections

20 Jul, 2023 | 11:15h | UTC

Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections – Clinical Infectious Diseases

 


RCT | Direct oral challenge noninferior to skin testing followed by direct oral challenge in low-risk penicillin allergy patients

18 Jul, 2023 | 13:54h | UTC

Efficacy of a Clinical Decision Rule to Enable Direct Oral Challenge in Patients With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy: The PALACE Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

See also: Visual Abstract

News Release: World-first clinical trial to help millions with penicillin allergies – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Commentary: Trial supports use of direct oral challenge for penicillin allergy – CIDRAP

 


Cohort study | Poor sensitivity of procalcitonin-on-admission for ruling out bloodstream infections in patients with suspected sepsis

18 Jul, 2023 | 13:39h | UTC

Reliability of Admission Procalcitonin Testing for Capturing Bacteremia Across the Sepsis Spectrum: Real-World Utilization and Performance Characteristics, 65 U.S. Hospitals, 2008–2017 – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 


Guideline | Antibiotic therapy in patients with suspected antibiotic allergy

17 Jul, 2023 | 13:59h | UTC

The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB) guideline for the approach to suspected antibiotic allergy – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

 


Systematic Review | Criteria to achieve safe antimicrobial intravenous-to-oral switch in hospitalized adult populations

17 Jul, 2023 | 13:34h | UTC

Criteria to achieve safe antimicrobial intravenous-to-oral switch in hospitalised adult populations: a systematic rapid review – BMJ Open

 


Case Series | Cutibacterium acnes endocarditis often misdiagnosed due to absence of typical symptoms and delayed culture results

17 Jul, 2023 | 13:31h | UTC

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Cutibacterium acnes Endocarditis – JAMA Network Open

 


Consensus Paper | Implementing strategies to prevent infections in acute-care settings

14 Jul, 2023 | 13:03h | UTC

Implementing strategies to prevent infections in acute-care settings – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

News Release: New guidance for infection prevention in acute care settings – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Related:

Practice Recommendation | Strategies to prevent MRSA transmission and infection in hospitals

Consensus Paper | Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals

Consensus Paper | Strategies to prevent Clostridioides difficile infections in acute-care hospitals

SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene: 2022 Update – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

SHEA statement on antibiotic stewardship in hospitals during public health emergencies – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated events, and nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

 


Quality Improvement Study | Improved asymptomatic bacteriuria management by reduction of unnecessary urine culture requests

14 Jul, 2023 | 12:54h | UTC

A Statewide Quality Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria – JAMA Internal Medicine

Related:

Diagnostic stewardship for urinary tract infection: A snapshot of the expert guidance – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Study: Hospital Intervention Resulted in a 45% Reduction in the Urine Cultures Ordered

Optimal Urine Culture Diagnostic Stewardship Practice—Results from an Expert Modified-Delphi Procedure – Clinical Infectious Diseases

USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults

Cohort Study: Antibiotic Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Hospitalized Patients is Common, and May be Associated with Longer Duration of Hospitalization

Inappropriate Management of Asymptomatic Patients With Positive Urine Cultures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Open Forum Infectious Diseases

IDSA Guideline for the Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Intervention Study | Pharmacist review may reduce antibiotic overuse at discharge

12 Jul, 2023 | 13:37h | UTC

Improving antibiotic utilization through an outpatient stewardship initiative – Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

Commentary: Pharmacist review identifies improper antibiotic prescriptions – CIDRAP

 


Practice Recommendation | Strategies to prevent MRSA transmission and infection in hospitals

10 Jul, 2023 | 14:02h | UTC

SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

News Release: Updated guidance shows how hospitals should protect patients from resistant infections – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Commentary: New guidelines recommend antibiotic stewardship for preventing MRSA – CIDRAP

 


Podcast | Untangling catheter associated UTIs

10 Jul, 2023 | 13:21h | UTC

#402 Don’t Get Caught with a CAUTI – The Curbsiders

 


Consensus Paper | The place of new antibiotics for Gram-negative bacterial infections in intensive care

7 Jul, 2023 | 16:15h | UTC

The place of new antibiotics for Gram-negative bacterial infections in intensive care: report of a consensus conference – Annals of Intensive Care

 


RCT | Lower rates of treatment failure with standard-course vs. short-course therapy in pediatric UTIs

5 Jul, 2023 | 01:09h | UTC

Short-Course Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children: The SCOUT Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

See also: Visual Abstract

Commentary: Treatment Failure Down With Standard-Course Therapy in Pediatric UTI – HealthDay

 


SR | Antibiotic strategies for eradicating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with cystic fibrosis

5 Jul, 2023 | 01:04h | UTC

Antibiotic strategies for eradicating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with cystic fibrosis – Cochrane Library

 


Global incidence in hospital-associated infections resistant to antibiotics: an analysis of point prevalence surveys from 99 countries

30 Jun, 2023 | 14:33h | UTC

Global incidence in hospital-associated infections resistant to antibiotics: An analysis of point prevalence surveys from 99 countries – PLOS Medicine

 


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