Antimicrobials News

Patients with opioid use disorder who were hospitalized for serious infections experienced higher odds of clinical cure and retention in addiction care when they were treated with a bundled intervention, according to a study.

On my first day of medical school, I was assigned a physical diagnosis tutor who was a well-known infectious diseases specialist. He had encyclopedic knowledge. He was a remarkable teacher and — equally important — a great storyteller.

Antimicrobial stewardship has been defined as coordinated interventions designed to improve and measure appropriate use of antimicrobial agents by promoting the selection of optimal drug regimens.

Data from Veterans Health Administration pharmacies showed that outpatient antibiotic prescriptions declined by almost 4% annually from 2011 to 2018, researchers reported at the ECCMID virtual meeting.

Exposure to commonly prescribed nonantimicrobial drugs was associated with an increased risk for drug-resistant infections in a study of more than 1,800 patients at an Israeli hospital, researchers reported at the ECCMID virtual meeting.

An intervention researchers hoped would improve infection management did not significantly reduce antimicrobial use among nursing home residents with dementia, data showed.

Two hospitals in California explained how they used preventive measures to successfully stop the spread of Candida auris.

There was a “strikingly high” level of antibiotic resistance among outpatient urine Escherichia coli isolates collected during a recent 9-year period in the United States, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Three days of antibiotic therapy was noninferior to 8 days of therapy for patients with moderately severe community-acquired pneumonia, according to a study published in The Lancet.

The FDA this week approved a supplemental new drug application to expand the use of secnidazole to treat trichomoniasis in adults.