Assessing MRSA Risk in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Who Warrants Empiric Therapy?
Data showing an increase in prevalence of MRSA and other multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO)...
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Pharm2Exam Table: What Is Persistent MRSA Bacteremia and How Is it Treated?
The following was originally posted by Jasmine Riviere Marcelin, MD to the University of Nebraska...
An Update for Preventing MRSA
In 2008, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and Infectious Diseases Society of...
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: A Call to Action
Over the past 30 years, many multidrug-resistant organisms have emerged across healthcare settings in the United States. At the same time, there has been a dramatic drop in the development and approval of new antibiotics. “The...
IDWeek 2012: Reducing Bloodstream Infections in the ICU
The Particulars: Many infections in ICUs are caused by increasingly antibiotic-resistant bacteria that live on the skin and in the nose. Although these infections are often preventable, they can cause serious complications,...
A New MRSA Molecular Assay
An MRSA molecular test (BD Max MRSA, BD Diagnostics) has received marketing clearance from the FDA for use in identifying patients with the infection. The automated, bench-top assay is designed to perform a broad range of...
MRSA Among Household Contacts of Children
A Washington University School of Medicine study suggests that MRSA colonization rates among household contacts of children with Staphylococcus aureus appear to be higher than those of the general population. Of household...
Antibacterial Scrubs Reduce MRSA Burden
Antimicrobial scrubs appear to reduce the burden of MRSA on hands and apparel, but not vancomycin-resistant enterococci or gram-negative rod burden. An analysis found that differences in mean log MRSA colony-forming unit counts...
Bacteria Contaminates 60% of Hospital Uniforms
More than 60% of uniforms worn by hospital nurses and doctors tested positive for potentially...
Conference Highlights: IDSA 2010 Annual Meeting
The Infectious Diseases Society of America, or IDSA, held its 2010 annual meeting from October 21 to 24 in Vancouver. The features below highlight some of the news emerging from the meeting. » Comparing Treatments for Nosocomial...
New Superbug Surfaces in Three States
An alarming new adaptable gene that can turn several common germs and types of bacteria into...
Experimental Paint Kills MRSA Bacteria
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created nanoscale coating for surgical...
