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Nasal S. aureus colonization accounts for most postoperative staph infections
Nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus accounted for most postoperative staph infections in a large cohort of adults who underwent surgery, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Hooked on ID with Paul Adjei, MD, MS, FACP
Even before I came to the United States to start my internal medicine residency, I had discovered that my calling was a career in infectious diseases.
Daptomycin a ‘suitable alternative’ to vancomycin for OPAT
Although daptomycin remains more expensive than vancomycin, it is a “suitable alternative” to daptomycin for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy because it results in less health care utilization, researchers reported.
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ID add-on code proposed in new CMS fee schedule
CMS included a new infectious disease consult add-on code as part of its proposed new fee schedule could help improve compensation for ID clinicians, according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Hooked on ID with Anurag N. Malani, MD
ID is a dynamic field that is constantly changing. The types of infections we’re talking about today are different than what we may have been talking about 5 years ago. So, it’s intellectually stimulating and challenging.
CDC: Resistant hospital infections increased 20% during COVID-19 pandemic
There was a combined 20% increase in six antimicrobial-resistant hospital infections in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of clinical cases of Candida auris increased fivefold, according to the CDC.
Socioeconomic disparities may increase rate of antimicrobial-resistant organisms
Socioeconomic disparities among residential neighborhoods may be associated with the prevalence of five specific antimicrobial-resistant organisms, especially AmpC beta-lactamase producers and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Q&A: What is the ID clinician’s role in end-of-life care?
Patients receiving infectious diseases consultation over the past decade were increasingly complex, generally sicker and more likely to die soon after a consultation was performed.
VIDEO: Hooked on ID with Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC
SAN ANTONIO — We caught up with Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, at the annual meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology to find out how she got “Hooked on ID.”
Q&A: A checkup with CDC Director Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH
We checked in with CDC Director Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, for an update on the agency’s efforts to modernize the nation’s disease surveillance and data systems and improve how the CDC communicates with the public and physicians.
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