Antibiotic

In this guest commentary, Dale N. Gerding, MD, professor of medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, discusses several presentations at ICAAC 2015 that focused on new approaches to the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection and recurrence and the need for more effective C. difficile management strategies.

Infants exposed to broad-spectrum antibiotics before age 24 months were more likely to experience early childhood obesity, according to recently published data.

When refractive surgeons think about the prophylaxis and treatment of infections, the major issues that come to mind are effectiveness, safety and concerns about growing drug resistance. Considering these factors and the growing number of opportunistic infections after LASIK, the new generation of fluoroquinolones are the best drugs for today’s “bugs.”