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In an ominous finding, an epidemic strain of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has developed intermediate resistance to vancomycin, the classic antibiotic weapon against resistant staph infections, Hospital Infection Control has learned.
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At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, laboratory-based surveillance of coagulase-negative staphylococci found that 4% were linezolid-resistant. MIC's to linezolid were generally > 256 µg/mL; the isolates were all susceptible to vancomycin and daptomycin.
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New public health recommendations to routinely test people for HIV will have a significant impact on the AIDS epidemic, said Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Are day care centers exclusion policies inadvertently fueling antibiotic resistance in Shigella sonnei? That is the question Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologists are pondering after a spate of outbreaks in 2005.
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In the wake of a drug safety accident at Indianapolis' Methodist Hospital that killed two infants and left four others seriously ill, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) called on hospitals to critically evaluate their medication use systems to help avoid dangerous or fatal errors.
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The Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) says only licensed pharmacists should be named to head hospital-based pharmacy services. "A licensed pharmacist can be held accountable for the quality of professional pharmacy services and operations," the society says in a position statement.
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Published clinical trials have demonstrated morbidity and mortality benefits of moderate-to-tight glycemic control in critically ill patients. Despite a growing body of evidence supporting use of this beneficial intervention, attaining such glucose control remains difficult.
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FDA recently approved this drug:
Schering's Noxafil (posaconazole) was approved with an indication for preventing fungal infections caused by certain molds and yeast-like Aspergillus and Candida fungi.
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In the wake of the Institute of Medicine report on medication errors, Florence, South Carolina's McLeod Regional Medical Center initiated a series of steps to improve patient safety and reduce the hospital's "rate of harm."
