Antimicrobials News

BOSTON — In this video from IDWeek, Annie Luetkemeyer, MD, discusses the CDC’s pending recommendations for prescribing doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections.

A recent survey showed moderate to high adherence for antifungal therapeutic drug monitoring adherence, though there was room for improvement, specifically when using certain antifungals as prophylaxis.

IDWeek relaxed its COVID-19 policies this year, no longer requiring that attendees wear a mask or provide proof of vaccination.

The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot, or IWGDF, recently published updated guidance on the management and prevention of diabetes-related foot diseases.

More than a dozen pediatric ICUs were able to sustain reductions in blood culture rates during a 2-year period following a diagnostic stewardship effort aimed at safely improving ordering practices, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

A lot of modern medicine is based on what Brad Spellberg, MD, and others call “inertial dogmas” — practices traced to decades-old evidence that are no longer supported by modern studies.

Implementing a pharmacist-driven MRSA nasal-swab ordering protocol, followed by a 72-hour approval protocol, led to a significant reduction in antibiotic administration and vancomycin use, researchers found.

Pregnant women who received effective multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis treatment regimens had positive outcomes with no major negative impacts on their infants, researchers reported.

Patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections had a decreased risk for 30-day mortality if they received an infectious disease consultation as part of their care, researchers reported.

Adding doxycycline to single-dose benzathine penicillin G — the preferred treatment for early syphilis — achieved higher serologic responses in people with HIV than benzathine penicillin G, researchers found.