Dr. David Shlaes has been following the various discussions around the development of rapid diagnostic tests for acute bacterial infections. The ACSH advisor has concluded that broad-spectrum empiric ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers estimated the association between the receipt of appropriate initial empirical antibiotic treatment and in-hospital death among ...

The importance of prompt empiric therapy is clear: it leads to better survival among patients with both community- and hospital-acquired infections. Tools such as antibiograms are used to help guide ...

Credit: Getty Images. Can upfront empiric community-acquired pneumonia antimicrobial therapy reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in patients with COVID-19 requiring MV? In patients with ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Clinical Infectious Diseases publishes clinically relevant articles on the pathogenesis, clinical investigation, medical ...

In spite of the advances in the diagnosis and treatment, invasive fungal infections (IFI) are the main cause of mortality in patients with haematological malignancies during post-chemotherapy ...

Use of supportive care and risk of febrile neutropenia (FN) among patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy for solid tumors or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) at four US health systems. This is ...

Purpose. The appropriateness of combination therapy for infections caused by gram-negative organisms is examined. Summary. Mortality from Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is particularly high; ...

Carrie A. Herzke , MD, Luke F. Chen , MBBS, FRACP, Deverick J. Anderson , MD, MPH, Yong Choi , RN, Daniel J. Sexton , MD and Keith S. Kaye , MD, MPH Background ...

Empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment of ICU patients for whom an infection was eventually ruled out was not associated with adverse effects, according to recent study findings. “Given the prior ...