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I wasn’t so much hooked as I was hoodwinked!

A 1-year fellowship for senior trainees and early career infectious diseases physicians can help establish relationships with public health agencies and is an effective career development pathway, according to a study.

Three pediatric hospitals that discontinued contact precautions for MRSA did not see an associated increase in MRSA over the course of the next 4 years, according to researchers published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

A new study identified several well-known hospital surfaces as potential sources of infection: bed rails, keyboards, rolling workstations and breakroom tables all harbored pathogenic bacteria, even after recommended cleaning.

Researchers linked more than 1 million deaths in Africa in 2019 to antimicrobial resistance, more than half of which were linked to just four pathogens.

New guidance was published in 2023 for STD prevention, diabetic foot infections, infective endocarditis and more.

The FDA in 2023 approved treatments for several hospital-associated infections and fully approved a long-used COVID-19 medication, among other non-vaccine-related regulatory decisions.

The front page of Healio | Infectious Disease News this year included stories about COVID-19, new vaccines, reversing decades of ID dogma, and more.

To mark the end of 2023, we compiled a list of this year’s Pharmacology Consult columns, in which our contributing PharmDs dig deep into the newest research to report on emerging therapies and vaccines for infectious diseases.

For the past 5 years, we have asked infectious disease clinicians to tell us when and why they chose a career in ID.