Infectious Diseases

ORLANDO – The proportion of pediatric musculoskeletal infections involving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus vs. methicillin-sensitive S. aureus has increased dramatically over the past decade, according to a retrospective review of... »

Use of the flu vaccine was consistently associated with a lower risk of adverse cardiovascular events in a meta-analysis of the worldwide medical literature, according to a report published online Oct. 23 in JAMA.

The risk reduction was greatest... »

DENVER – Next-day infectious diseases consultation for cellulitis reduced the number of emergency department visits and hospital admissions by 19% and 25%, respectively, a single-center study demonstrated.

This approach "is advantageous for... »

SAN FRANCISCO – Colonization with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain carrying the gene for staphylococcal enterotoxin P was highly correlated with development of MRSA bacteremia among intensive care unit patients in a nested... »

SAN FRANCISCO – Treatment of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli 0157 infection with beta-lactams is associated with increased risk for postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome in both children and adults, according to findings from a... »

SAN FRANCISCO – Physicians continue to inappropriately prescribe antibiotics for sore throat and bronchitis, according to analyses of data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care... »

SAN FRANCISCO – Universal glove and gown precautions in the intensive care unit setting reduced acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by nearly 40% in a cluster randomized trial.

This "very meaningful reduction" was... »

SAN FRANCISCO – Compared with standard dose inactivated influenza vaccine, high-dose influenza vaccine produced non-inferior hemagglutination inhibition titer responses for all A/H1N1, A/H3N2, and B influenza strains among frail elderly long-term... »

DENVER – A 0.05% concentration of the antiseptic sodium oxychlorosene clears urinary tract infections as well as higher concentrations do in patients with urinary catheters, with significantly fewer side effects, a retrospective study showed.

Long... »

The Food and Drug Administration is adding a boxed warning about the increased mortality associated with the use of intravenous tigecycline for both approved and unapproved indications, the agency announced on Sept. 27.

The addition of the warning... »

DENVER – Antibiotics were dosed too low about 20% of the time in ICU patients on continuous venovenous hemodialysis at the Cleveland Clinic.

Continuous venovenous hemodialysis (CVVHD) artificially improves creatinine clearance; the clinic’s... »

Flu outlook 2013-2014: Don’t hesitate. Vaccinate!

WASHINGTON – Vaccination against the flu is on an upswing in the United States, with more than half of eligible children receiving the vaccine last year, but it’s important to keep the momentum going and encourage early vaccination this season,... »

Of 1,250 cases of Clostridium difficile infection that occurred during a 3.6-year period in one British community, fully 45% were genetically unrelated to all other cases and must have been acquired from sources other than symptomatic patients,... »

VIENNA – Mycoplasma genitalium is a new bad boy of sexually transmitted infections, prompting experts to rethink how to treat nongonococcal urethritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and other infections caused by the pathogen.

The full scope of M.... »

DENVER – Penicillin allergies are no reason to forego empiric beta-lactam therapy in patients whose blood is infected with gram-negative bacilli, according to results from a retrospective study.

The penicillin derivatives are "worth the... »