Search results for "C. difficile"
Antibiotics with extended anaerobic coverage didn't improve outcomes in aspiration pneumonia
Patients with aspiration pneumonia who received extended anaerobic coverage had no reduction in mortality risk and a significantly higher risk of Clostridioides difficile than those prescribed limited anaerobic coverage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/antibiotics-with-extended-anaerobic-coverage-didnt-improve-outcomes-in-aspiration-pneumonia.htm
28 Feb 2024
Ward-level antibiotic use predicts C. difficile risk
Inpatients' risk of developing Clostridium difficile is related to the rate of antibiotic prescribing on their wards, regardless of whether they themselves took an antibiotic, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/04/2.htm
4 Mar 2015
Microbiome therapeutic reduced risk of recurrent C. difficile infection in phase 3 trial
An industry-funded trial of patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection who received standard-of-care treatment with antibiotics found that those who also received the investigational drug had a 68% lower risk of recurrence than those who received placebo.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/microbiome-therapeutic-reduced-risk-of-recurrent-c-difficile.htm
26 Jan 2022
C. difficile, surgical-site infection guidelines released
Several professional groups last week released joint guidelines for preventing Clostridium difficile infections and surgical-site infections in hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/14/2.htm
14 May 2014
September 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/
Nosocomial C. difficile sources may be more community-based than previously thought
Genetically diverse, community-based sources of Clostridium difficile may play a larger role in nosocomial transmission than previously thought, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/02/2.htm
2 Oct 2013
In the News
MRSA rates, effectiveness of ICU gowns and gloves, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/itn.htm
15 Jan 2014
Two-step testing for Clostridioides difficile appears safe in multicenter study
Using an enzyme immunoassay after a positive nucleic acid amplification test was associated with a decrease in hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infections and a reduction in related antibiotic use but no change in emergent colectomies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/14/two-step-testing-for-clostridioides-difficile-appears-safe-in-multicenter-study.htm
14 Jun 2023
How (and why) to clean a stethoscope
Research has found that stethoscopes harbor microbes and that many clinicians never clean theirs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/how-and-why-to-clean-a-stethoscope.htm
15 Apr 2019
February 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/