This report attempts to catalogue the ballooning number of cases of C difficile infection (CDI) in the United States using available resources, including data collected from the IDSA Emerging Infections Program (which has a catchment area of 111 acute-care hospitals and 310 nursing homes); the 2010 National Health and Safety Network data, which covers 711 acute care hospitals in 28 States; and data derived from 3 CDI prevention programs in 3 different states.
From Travel Medicine Advisor [continue]
NASOPHARYNGEAL BACTERIAL CHANGES WITH ANTIMICRO-BIALS AND PNEUMO-COCCAL VACCINE
A total of 153 nasopharyngeal swabs were collected as part of a nationwide study in Switzerland from children <2 years of age treated for acute otitis media from 2004-2009.
From Infectious Disease Alert [continue]
CHANGING THE ANTIBIOTIC MINDSET OF DOCS, PATIENTS
In addition to calling for federal regulation requiring antimicrobial stewardship, a position paper by leading infectious disease groups recommended several other measures to preserve remaining antibiotic efficacy.
From Hospital Infection Control [continue]
EDITOR
Frank Bia, MD, MPH Professor of
Medicine
and Laboratory Medicine, Co-Director, Tropical Medicine and
International Travelers' Clinic, Yale University School of Medicine
NASOPHARYNGEAL BACTERIAL CHANGES WITH ANTIMICRO-BIALS AND PNEUMO-COCCAL VACCINE
