Tag: Antibiotics
Multidose Antibiotic Prophylaxis No Better for Breast Implant Surgery
Multiple-dose regimen not superior to single-dose regimen among women undergoing implant-based breast reconstruction
Outpatient Antibiotic Management of Appendicitis Feasible for Selected Adults
Outpatients miss fewer workdays, have similar frequency of return health care visits, high satisfaction
CDC Report Addresses Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Resistance
Increases in resistant infections from 2019 to 2020 seen for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter, antifungal-resistant Candida auris
Azithromycin Improves Outcomes in Poorly Controlled Child Asthma
Better control, fewer exacerbations seen with addition of oral azithromycin to standard therapy in children with poorly controlled asthma
DDW: Antibiotics Up Risk of Older-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Findings regardless of antibiotic class and with a dose-response relationship
Diagnostic Stewardship Cuts Blood Cultures, Antibiotic Use in PICU
Relative reductions of 33 percent in rate of blood cultures, 13 percent in rate of broad-spectrum antibiotic use seen postimplementation
Antibiotic Use in Under 2s May Reduce Antibody Response to Vaccines
Possible negative association of history of antibiotic prescriptions with vaccine-induced immunity seen in young children
Azithromycin Therapy Does Not Reduce Recurrent Wheeze After RSV
Azithromycin therapy during RSV bronchiolitis does not reduce the risk for post-RSV recurrent wheeze over two to four years
Treatment Strategy Studied for Drug Use-Linked Infective Endocarditis
Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of simulated treatment strategies for injection drug use-linked IE compared in modeling study
Early-Life Antibiotics Alter Infant Gut Microbiome
Major shift seen in composition and in antimicrobial resistance gene profile directly after treatment, which normalized over 12 months