MAD-ID 2025
Remdesivir + Corticosteroids Boost Survival in COVID-19 Patients With COPD
Early initiation of remdesivir (Veklury, Gilead Sciences) and corticosteroids in patients with COPD and COVID-19 ...
AUGUST 8, 2025
What New Antibiotics Are Coming Soon Down the Pipeline?
At MAD-ID 2025, Dr. Ashlan Kunz Coyne spoke about new antibiotics: cefepime-enmetazobactam and sulopenem.
JUNE 4, 2025
Barriers to Prescribing Effective Recurrent CDI Therapies
There may be barriers, including insurance denials, to using products that are effective for recurrent ...
JUNE 3, 2025
Obesity Affects PKs of Newer Beta-Lactam Combinations
New abstracts from investigators presented at MAD-ID 2025 provide more evidence of two-drug antibiotic combinations ...
JUNE 3, 2025
Rapid Diagnostic Testing with BCID2 Panel Improves Time to Optimal Therapy
Many patients with bloodstream infections achieved optimal therapy within 48 hours using the Biofire Blood Culture ...
JUNE 3, 2025
Practical Approaches to Expand Antimicrobial Stewardship in Community Hospitals
Community hospitals have unique antimicrobial stewardship challenges, but there are many practical strategies for ...
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Pharmacist-Led EHR Intervention Optimizes Ceftaroline Prescribing
Orlando, Fla.—A pharmacist-driven stewardship initiative based on data mining of electronic health records ...
JUNE 1, 2022
Antibiotic Use Study Informs Hospital-Based Stewardship Program
A medication-use evaluation of two antibiotics in a Florida Veterans Affairs hospital found a significant reduction ...
JULY 8, 2021
Xerava Shown Effective in High-Risk Patients With cIAIs
Xerava was effective in treating patients with complicated intra-abdominal infectionswho had characteristics that ...
JUNE 6, 2019
5 Strategies for Avoiding Antibiotic Adverse Events
Antibiotics are one of the major advances of modern medicine and are truly lifesaving drugs, but they also can ...
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Invasive Fungal infections Demand Early Action
Antifungals differ in their spectrum of activity, so matching the right drug with the right organism helps combat ...
JUNE 30, 2016