Infectious Diseases
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Simple Protocol Helped Improve Surgical ICU Handwashing Compliance
Major Finding: After adding a question about handwashing compliance to the daily ICU checklist, handwashing compliance increased from 69% to 89%,...
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Fidaxomicin Found Noninferior to Vancomycin for C. difficile
Major Finding: In an intention-to-treat analysis of 596 patients with Clostridium difficile infection, 88% of those taking fidaxomicin achieved a...
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Hospital Program Aimed at Cutting Infections Found to Slash Mortality
Major Finding: A statewide quality improvement project focused on reducing infections in Michigan ICUs was linked to significantly reduced...
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Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance Recruiting New Agents
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Expanded Age Group Approved for Meningococcal Vaccine
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Telaprevir Combo Yielded Sustained Virologic Response Rates Over 80%
Major Finding: Of 161 treatment-naive patients, 109 had undetectable plasma levels of HCV RNA at weeks 4-20 and stopped treatment at 24 weeks (96...