Antibiotic Resistance Perspective

• Leadership Needed to Fight Superbugs and Health Inequities A bill before Congress could incentivize the development of new antimicrobials.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, April 28, 2022
• Think About Antibiotics Like We Think About Chemotherapy Healthcare providers can be somewhat cavalier about ordering antibiotics. Maybe if we thought about antibiotics like we think about chemotherapy, we'd do better with our prescribing practices.
  Medscape Blogs, April 27, 2022
• Health Quality: Protecting Patients and Clinicians From Medical Errors Medical errors take thousands of lives annually while imposing exorbitant economic costs. Designing more effective and human-centered approaches can improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
  Medscape Blogs, April 20, 2022
• ECCMID 2022 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ECCMID 2022
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, April 13, 2022
• Managing Acne Well   Use one of these fixed-dose combos first. And what about oral contraceptives? Dr Neil Skolnik summarizes the recommendations.
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 23, 2022
• Antibiotic Resistance: A COVID-19 Crisis We will eventually emerge from COVID-19, or at least achieve a sense of post-pandemic normalcy, but we must ensure that the pandemic does not pave the way for other infectious agents.
  Medscape Blogs, March 11, 2022
• WSPID 2022 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from WSPID 2022
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, March 03, 2022
• Pneumonia in the Shadow of COVID-19: They Tried to Make Me Go to Rehab   Recognized experts in acute pulmonary care discuss the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation for patients recovering from CAP, including COVID pneumonia.
  Medscape TV, December 20, 2021
• Pneumonia in the Shadow of COVID-19: In Sickness and in Health   Experts discuss the challenges of managing a patient’s protracted journey from acute pneumonia to pulmonary rehabilitation, including ways to help restore function and independence.
  Medscape TV, November 11, 2021
• Antimicrobials: When 'Short Courses' Are Enough   The days of prescribing 14 days of antibiotics for any infection are over.
  The Curbsiders, November 03, 2021
• Antibiotic Use During COVID-19 Stewardship programs are critical for optimizing patient safety, and there are opportunities to optimize antibiotic use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  CDC Expert Commentary, October 19, 2021
• Pneumonia in the Shadow of COVID-19: Along Came COVID   Infectious disease experts describe ways in which COVID pneumonia differs from community-acquired pneumonia and how COVID vaccines may offer protective effects.
  Medscape TV, October 08, 2021
• Inside the Mind of an Infectious Disease Specialist An infectious disease specialist shares her thoughts on how to approach patients with a suspected infection.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 01, 2021
• IDWeek 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from IDWeek 2021
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, September 28, 2021
• ECCMID 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ECCMID 2021.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, July 08, 2021
• Pneumonia in the Shadow of COVID-19   Leading pulmonary specialists from the University of Louisville explain the burden of community-acquired pneumonia in older adults and reflect on complications caused by COVID-19.
  Medscape TV, July 01, 2021
• Magic 8 Ball The fortune-telling Magic 8 Ball offers commentary on Mark Crislip's use of antibiotics in his patient.
  Medscape Blogs, June 01, 2021
• CDC Doc Addresses Today's Pandemic and the Next A CDC physician's experience battling antibiotic resistance in a COVID-19 world.
  CDC Expert Commentary, November 23, 2020
• IDWeek 2020 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from IDWeek 2020
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 20, 2020
• This 'Slowly Evolving Crisis' Needs Attention   Antimicrobial resistance, stewardship, and research and development must remain top of mind, says Dr Paul Auwaerter.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, August 28, 2020