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Staph bloodstream infection algorithm shortens treatment course
SAN DIEGO - Average antibiotic duration was shortened by almost 2 days.
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CDC data show decline in some hospital-acquired infections
SAN DIEGO - Reduced use of urinary catheters and central lines appears to be having an effect in controlling some HAIs.
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Rio Olympics tally for U.S. athletes is 6% West Nile infections, no Zika
SAN DIEGO - A comparison of risk prevention behaviors in those who were and were not infected suggested that use of mosquito repellent did provide...
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Involving experts in S. aureus bacteremia treatment reduces mortality
SAN DIEGO – Either involvement of an antimicrobial stewardship team or an infectious disease consultant will do.
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Iceland is making progress toward total eradication of HCV
“If we only scaled up treatment, we would not reach the goal of eliminating HCV infection. We needed something else,”
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Inappropriate C. diff. testing reduced with ‘Hard Stop’ protocol
A new testing protocol cut <i>C. difficile-infection</i> testing by 42% without delaying any diagnoses.
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Dentist-prescribed antibiotics implicated in community-acquired C. diff
SAN DIEGO – Dental antibiotics help drive community-acquired C. difficile infections.
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In the reemergence of typhus, the challenge is early diagnosis
SAN DIEGO – Doxycycline is the drug of choice for almost all of the rickettsial infections.
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Flotetuzumab for AML passes phase 1 test
Flotetuzumab, a novel bispecific monoclonal antibody that employs a proprietary technology to redirect T lymphocytes to kill CD123-expressing...
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New antibodies, drugs for refractory and relapsed myeloma are effective in patients over 65
MADRID – Patients with refractory/relapsed multiple myeloma had similar rates of progression-free survival whether they were younger than age 65...
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AML risk is doubled in low-risk thyroid cancer patients unnecessarily given radioactive iodine therapy
MADRID - Unnecessary radioactive iodine treatment is associated with nearly twice the risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in patients...
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Most daratumumab infusion reactions occur in first infusion
The high rate of infusion-related reactions at first daratumumab infusion may be related to treatment duration, based on data from the CASTOR and...
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Biosimilar matches rituximab in large follicular lymphoma trial
MADRID – The biosimilar GP2013 met the criteria for therapeutic equivalence to rituximab in a large comparator trial of previously untreated...
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Alternating therapy in renal cell carcinoma fails to show an advantage
Everolimus alternating with pazopanib and pazopanib alone were compared in a randomized, multicenter controlled trial.
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Genetic advances push personalization of cancer prevention
BOSTON – Personalized medicine is expanding to take on the challenges of colorectal cancer prevention.