MRSA

Artificial intelligence can help predict the chance of resistant organisms appearing in sputum cultures in the ER, helping to guide therapy, according to findings presented during the ASM Microbe virtual meeting.

Some active ingredients in mouthwash are effective against pneumonia-causing bacteria, according to the results of an in vitro study presented during ASM Microbe, which is being held virtually.

The use of adjunctive daptomycin therapy among patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections does not shorten the duration of bacteremia, researchers reported.

Whole-genome sequencing revealed the spread of MRSA strains among patients, health care workers and the environment, including within — and even between — ICUs, according to findings in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Surgical specialty namely, cardiac and orthopedic procedures and the perception of high MRSA prevalence in a facility were the main factors that influenced the prescribing of vancomycin as surgical prophylaxis, according to a study conducted in a Veterans Affairs cohort.

An Apache tribal community in the southwestern United States was found to have a disproportionately high burden of invasive MRSA compared with the general population of the country, suggesting that interventions are “urgently” needed to decrease S. aureus morbidity and mortality in indigenous communities, according to a study in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

The number of antibiotic prescriptions a patient receives may increase that person’s likelihood of being admitted to the hospital, according to a study published in BMC Medicine.

Endpoints used in studies of infection control interventions, including active surveillance cultures and clinical cultures, may provide contrasting results and, therefore, different conclusions, making the appropriate selection of endpoints important, according to findings published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Researchers found that real-time peer auditing reduced the rate of central-line-associated bloodstream infections in a North Caroline hospital by 12%. This was one of the top stories in infectious disease last week.

Earlier initiation of treatment with a combination of daptomycin and ceftaroline for persistent MRSA bacteremia may make the treatment more effective, rather than delaying its use for salvage therapy, researchers reported in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.