Antifungal Stewardship in Critically Ill Patients

Antifungal Stewardship in Critically Ill Patients

Antifungal stewardship (AFS) can improve performance measures and decrease antifungal consumption, with no negative impact on outcomes. β-D-glucan (BDG) are helpful to stop unnecessary treatment in patients with IC,... read more

Higher Dose Antibiotic Shown Safe in TB Patients Likely More Effective in Treating Deadliest Form of TB

Higher Dose Antibiotic Shown Safe in TB Patients Likely More Effective in Treating Deadliest Form of TB

A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center-led study in animals suggests that high doses of a widely used antibiotic called rifampin may safely treat and reduce the duration of treatment for the deadliest form of tuberculosis that... read more

Procalcitonin-guided Antibiotic Treatment Effect on Mortality in Acute Respiratory Infections

Procalcitonin-guided Antibiotic Treatment Effect on Mortality in Acute Respiratory Infections

Use of procalcitonin to guide antibiotic treatment in patients with acute respiratory infections reduces antibiotic exposure and side-effects, and improves survival. Widespread implementation of procalcitonin protocols... read more

Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: The Layman’s Guide to Available Antibacterials in Austere Settings

Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: The Layman’s Guide to Available Antibacterials in Austere Settings

Alton's Antibiotics and Infectious Disease is a unique simplified guide to using antibacterial and antifungal veterinary medications. It is meant to help the non-medical professional in disaster, survival, and other austere... read more

Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic

Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic

A New York Times bestselling author shares this exhilarating story of cutting-edge science and the race against the clock to find new treatments in the fight against the antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs. Physician,... read more

Phage Treatment of an Aortic Graft Infected with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Phage Treatment of an Aortic Graft Infected with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Another phage therapy success. Bacteria-killing Viruses found in a pond knocked out an antibiotic resistant infection. Management of prosthetic vascular graft infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa can be a significant... read more

FDA Approves Zinplava to Reduce Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adult Patients

FDA Approves Zinplava to Reduce Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adult Patients

FDA Approves Merck's ZINPLAVA (bezlotoxumab) to Reduce Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Adult Patients Receiving Antibacterial Drug Treatment for CDI Who Are at High Risk of CDI Recurrence.... read more