Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Optimal Management of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
25 Aug, 2019 | 13:35h | UTCRelated: 2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections (free) AND Osteomyelitis in diabetic foot: A comprehensive overview – World Journal of Diabetes (free) AND Osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot – Diabetic Foot and Ankle (free) AND Diabetic foot – The BMJ (free) AND Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic Foot Complications – American Diabetes Association (free)
Hand Hygiene in Low- and Middle-income Countries
25 Aug, 2019 | 13:29h | UTCHand hygiene in low- and middle-income countries – International Journal of Infectious Diseases (free)
Related: ISID’s Guide to Infection Control in the Healthcare Setting (free) AND WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care (free) AND Hand Hygiene Guideline – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Observational Study: Antibiotics Exposure Linked to Higher Risk of Colorectal Cancer
22 Aug, 2019 | 10:52h | UTCCommentaries: Antibiotic use linked to heightened bowel cancer risk – BMJ (free) AND Antibiotics and bowel cancer: Study finds link – Medical News Today (free) AND Oral antibiotic use linked to heightened bowel cancer risk – OnMedica (free)
Clostridioides Difficile: Diagnosis and Treatments
21 Aug, 2019 | 08:40h | UTCClostridioides difficile: diagnosis and treatments – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Related Guidelines: IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children (free) AND 2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients – World Journal of Emergency Surgery (free) AND Consensus on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection – Revista de Gastroenterología de México (free) AND The use of faecal microbiota transplant as treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection and other potential indications (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Children and Adolescents With Cancer and Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients (free) AND Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection and Other Conditions in Children (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis‐induced Coagulopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
20 Aug, 2019 | 08:53h | UTCRelated Reviews: Diagnosis of sepsis‐induced disseminated intravascular coagulation and coagulopathy – Acute Medicine & Surgery (free) AND Sepsis-associated disseminated intravascular coagulation and its differential diagnoses – Journal of Intensive Care (free) AND Advance in the Management of Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Meta-Analysis: Maternal Influenza Vaccination is Not Associated with Harmful Effects on Birth Outcomes
20 Aug, 2019 | 08:24h | UTCRelated Research: Cohort Study: Flu Vaccine in Pregnancy Safe for Children and Mothers (free)
Related ACOG Guideline: Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy (free)
“maternal influenza vaccination is not associated with harmful effects on birth outcomes. The beneficial effects reported from previous studies on preterm birth, low birth weight, and fetal death could not be confirmed.”
EULAR Recommendations for Vaccination in Adult Patients with Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
18 Aug, 2019 | 22:09h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
Update of the @eular_org #recommendations for #vaccination in adult patients with #autoimmune #inflammatory #rheumatic diseases just published. See the overarching priniciples at first glance attached!
FULTTEXT: https://t.co/BxNO6JfOws pic.twitter.com/m3yowT4zVm— Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (@eular_ARD) August 16, 2019
Study: Sick Hospital Workers Often Expose Patients to Contagious Illness
18 Aug, 2019 | 22:02h | UTCSick hospital workers often expose patients to contagious illness – Reuters (free)
Original Study: Which healthcare workers work with acute respiratory illness? Evidence from Canadian acute-care hospitals during 4 influenza seasons: 2010–2011 to 2013–2014 – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (free)
Related: Working While Sick: A Systematic Review of Infectious Illness Presenteeism (free)
Promising new Tuberculosis Drug Approved, But Will it be Affordable?
18 Aug, 2019 | 22:00h | UTCOriginal News Release: FDA approves new drug for treatment-resistant forms of tuberculosis that affects the lungs – U.S. Food & Drug Administration (free)
See also: New Drug Could Be Game Changer For Drug-Resistant TB. But A Question Looms – NPR (free) AND Treatment for extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis wins US government approval – Nature (free) AND Scientists Discover New Cure for the Deadliest Strain of Tuberculosis – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND U.S. FDA approves TB Alliance’s treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis – Reuters (free)
Randomized Trial: Bismuth Subsalicylate Reduces Antibiotic Use Among Adult Outpatients With Diarrhea
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:59h | UTC
Editorial: Ebola Could Be Eradicated — But Only if the World Works Together
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:25h | UTCEbola Could Be Eradicated — But Only if the World Works Together – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: WHO Declares New Ebola Outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (free) AND Experimental Ebola Drugs Show 90% Survival Rate (free) AND Special Report: The Ongoing Ebola Epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2018–2019 (free) AND Fighting Ebola When Mourners Fight the Responders (free)
“New treatments for Ebola and drug-resistant tuberculosis offer hope, but they won’t be successful on their own.”
[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Intraperitoneal Cefepime Monotherapy Noninferior to Cefazolin Plus Ceftazidime for Empirical Treatment of Peritoneal Dialysis-associated Peritonitis
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:16h | UTCIntraperitoneal Cefepime Monotherapy Versus Combination Therapy of Cefazolin Plus Ceftazidime for Empirical Treatment of CAPD-Associated Peritonitis: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Noninferiority, Randomized, Controlled Trial – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Intraperitoneal Cefepime Monotherapy Versus Combination Therapy of Cefazolin Plus Ceftazidime for Empirical Treatment of CAPD-Associated Peritonitis: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Noninferiority, Randomized, Controlled Trial https://t.co/SNa7EvOqjR
@pongpratpk @TNephro pic.twitter.com/AnakbnmEFo
— AJKD (@AJKDonline) July 23, 2019
[Abstract Only] Meta-analysis: Long-term Macrolide Treatment Reduces the Frequency of Exacerbations in Patients with Bronchiectasis
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:19h | UTCLong-term macrolide antibiotics for the treatment of bronchiectasis in adults: an individual participant data meta-analysis – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Commentary on Twitter
A NEW 🔥 systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis :long-term macrolide treatment significantly reduces the frequency of exacerbations in patients with bronchiectasis, with similar benefits observed in all subgroups based on patient characteristics. #IDTwitter https://t.co/pey2x23BRf
— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) August 10, 2019
[Abstract Only] Meta-analysis: Inhaled Antibiotics Provide Limited Benefit for the Treatment of Bronchiectasis in Adults
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:18h | UTCThe efficacy and safety of inhaled antibiotics for the treatment of bronchiectasis in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The efficacy and safety of inhaled antibiotics for the treatment of bronchiectasis. New data from an analysis of nearly 2600 patients finds only limited benefits associated with inhaled antibiotic use across 16 trials. https://t.co/q4ixUb5Q7p@EMBARCnetwork @EuroRespSoc @lunguk
— EMBARC (@EMBARCnetwork) August 9, 2019
Randomized Trial: 2 Weeks of Antibiotic Therapy as Good as 4 Weeks for Septic Arthritis
16 Aug, 2019 | 08:07h | UTCCommentary: Optimal Duration of Antibiotic Use in Septic Arthritis – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)
Experimental Ebola Drugs Show 90% Survival Rate
14 Aug, 2019 | 10:44h | UTCTwo Ebola drugs show promise amid ongoing outbreak – Nature (free)
See also: Ebola drugs show ‘90% survival rate’ in breakthrough trial – BBC (free) AND 2 Experimental Ebola Drugs Saved Lives In Congo Outbreak – NPR (free) AND A Cure for Ebola? Two New Treatments Prove Highly Effective in Congo – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Review: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Septic Shock
13 Aug, 2019 | 06:17h | UTCAdjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Septic Shock – Anesthesiology (free)
Related Guideline: Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free)
Related Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids in Sepsis: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Low-dose corticosteroids for adult patients with septic shock: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis – Critical Care Medicine (free) AND Association of Corticosteroid Treatment With Outcomes in Adult Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
When Less is More in the Active Management of Elevated Body Temperature of ICU Patients
13 Aug, 2019 | 05:45h | UTCRelated: Fever control in critically ill adults. An individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Risk, Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Post-Operative Cutaneous Infection
11 Aug, 2019 | 21:15h | UTCRelated: Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free) AND Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery(free) AND Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization
Randomized Trial: Five Days of Treatment Not Better than Three Days for Uncomplicated Lower Urinary Tract Infection
9 Aug, 2019 | 07:50h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
Three versus five days of pivmecillinam for #community acquired uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled superiority trial @EClinicalMed @uni_copenhagen #clinicaltrials
Have a read at: https://t.co/RiOIS1686B pic.twitter.com/VUyf5jhwmh
— eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science (@eClinicalMed) August 1, 2019
Perspective: White Coats Should no Longer be Worn by Physicians
8 Aug, 2019 | 08:25h | UTCWhite coats should no longer be worn by physicians – KevinMD (free)
Related guideline: Healthcare Personnel Attire in Non-Operating-Room Settings – Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (free) AND Commentaries: Goodbye to the Doctor’s White Coat? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND New infection control recommendations could make white coats obsolete – ScienceDaily (free) AND Should Doctors Still Be Allowed to Wear White Coats? You Decide – HIV and ID Observations (free)
See also: Long Sleeves on Doctors’ White Coats May Spread Germs – Scientific American (free) AND Why Your Doctor’s White Coat Can Be a Threat to Your Health – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Duodenoscopes: These Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize
7 Aug, 2019 | 07:44h | UTCThese Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Prevention of multidrug-resistant infections from contaminated duodenoscopes: Position Statement of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (ESGENA) (free) AND An update on gastrointestinal endoscopy-associated infections and their contributing factors – Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials (free) AND Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Endoscopy: An Evolving Threat – American Journal of Infection Control (free) AND Hygiene: The Looming Achilles Heel in Endoscopy – Visceral Medicine (free) AND Superbugs on Duodenoscopes: the Challenge of Cleaning and Disinfection of Reusable Devices – Journal of Clinical Microbiology (free) AND Duodenoscope-Associated Infections: Update on an Emerging Problem – Digestive Diseases and Sciences (free)
Study: Cancer Patients with HIV Infection Have Worse Outcomes
5 Aug, 2019 | 01:59h | UTCHIV Infection, Cancer Treatment Regimens, and Cancer Outcomes Among Elderly Adults in the United States – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Despite Treatment, Elderly Cancer Patients Have Worse Outcomes if HIV-Positive – Moffitt Cancer Center (free) AND Among Elderly Patients With Cancer, Those With HIV Fare Worse Even After Adjusting for Treatment Variation – AJMC (free)
A Review of Dengue Diagnostics and Implications for Surveillance and Control
5 Aug, 2019 | 01:39h | UTCA review of dengue diagnostics and implications for surveillance and control – Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (free) (via @onisillos)
[Abstract Only] Study: Patient Satisfaction and Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Infections by Telemedicine
5 Aug, 2019 | 01:34h | UTCPatient Satisfaction and Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Infections by Telemedicine – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Telemedicine study raises stewardship concerns – CIDRAP (free)