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A quarter of patients with a history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) tested positive for MRSA 2 years after being discharged from hospital, with older age and a longer hospitalization duration in the previous 6 months associated with an elevated risk for persistent MRSA colonization, according to results of a retrospective cohort study from Singapore.
Children who undergo adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, or both (adenotonsillectomy) within the first 9 years of life may have an elevated long-term risk of respiratory, allergic, or infectious diseases, results from a Denmark-based study show.
Prescribing antibiotics despite no indication of infection to patients hospitalized with asthma was associated with longer hospital stay, a higher risk of antibiotic-related diarrhoea, and elevated hospitalization costs, according to a study presented at the recent American Thoracic Society conference (ATS 2018).
Prescribing antibiotics despite no indication of infection to patients hospitalized with asthma was associated with longer hospital stay, a higher risk of antibiotic-related diarrhoea, and elevated hospitalization costs, according to a study presented at the recent American Thoracic Society conference (ATS 2018).
The use of procalcitonin assays had little impact on antibiotic exposure in patients who presented to emergency departments (ED) with suspected lower respiratory tract infections, according to findings of the ProACT* trial presented at the recent sessions of the American Thoracic Society (ATS 2018).
The combined use of piperacillin and tazobactam does not appear to be a suitable alternative to meropenem for patients with bloodstream infections caused by ceftriaxone-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) or Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), according to results of the MERINO* trial.
Patients hospitalized with gram-negative bacteraemia have similar outcomes regardless of whether they receive a 7-day or 14-day course of antibiotic therapy, according to a study presented at ECCMID 2018.
While a 6-day course of flucloxacillin appeared as effective as a 12-day course in curing and reducing short-term risk of relapse among patients hospitalized for cellulitis, the 6-day course led to a greater risk of relapse at 90 days, according to a study from The Netherlands.
A set of statistical models running on the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) method is used to forecast the incidence of dengue in Singapore and to manage potential outbreaks, reveals an analyst.
