Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Perspective

• Q&A: Antiseptic Soap and Nasal Decolonization Infection prevention expert Susan Huang, MD, MPH, shares takeaway points from an intervention to reduce infections and hospitalizations among nursing home residents.
  CDC Expert Commentary, May 06, 2024
• The PALACE Trial: Rethinking New Penicillin Allergy Coding   Dr Kevin Fernando reviews how to recognize and rectify erroneously coded penicillin allergies using data from the PALACE trial.
  Medscape Family Medicine, February 14, 2024
• CDC's New Program Aims to Help Hospitals Combat Sepsis Medscape spoke with CDC contributors Raymund Dantes, MD, MPH, and Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc, about the new Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements to help clinicians improve outcomes from sepsis.
  CDC Expert Commentary, September 12, 2023
• Episode 1: What's New in the Management of Bacterial Meningitis?   Join Drs Felicia Chow and Rodrigo Hasbun as they discuss the latest in diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis.
  Medscape, May 09, 2023
• The Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Resistance in the US   Arjun Srinivasan, MD, deputy director for program improvement in the division of healthcare quality promotion at the CDC, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on antimicrobial resistance.
  CDC Expert Commentary, September 27, 2022
• Caught Up in CAUTIs: The Importance of Diagnostic Stewardship Diagnostic stewardship has proven effective in reducing C diff infections. We need diagnostic stewardship for other hospital acquired infections as well.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, August 01, 2022
• 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
• Skin Rejuvenation: Synthetic Snake Venom to the Rescue? "Much more research is necessary, of course, to see if there are methods to facilitate entry of snake venom into the dermis and if this is even desirable," Leslie S. Baumann, MD, says in her column.
  Medscape Dermatology, August 11, 2021
• Three More Things We Do for No Reason in Pediatrics   The Cribsiders share their favorite easy-to-implement pearls on CAP, cellulitis, and constipation in kids.
  The Cribsiders, April 30, 2021
• The Biggest Myth in Cellulitis Treatment Douglas Paaw, MD, reveals the biggest treatment myth in cellulitis.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, March 11, 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
• New Strategies to Prevent MRSA Infections in Your Hospital A community hospital's rate of MRSA bloodstream infections is much higher than the national rate. Would you know what to do to reverse this trend?
  CDC Expert Commentary, December 23, 2019
• Malpractice Case: Dangers When Taking Over a Patient's Care Accepting a transfer patient means accepting the issues and medication that come with that patient. Failure to understand that can result in a lawsuit if something goes wrong.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, December 09, 2019
• Author Dr Matt McCarthy Is Raising the Alarm on Superbugs   Eric Topol interviews physician writer Matt McCarthy on his new book 'Superbugs' and current hot topics on the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
  Medscape, July 23, 2019
• The Latest Dirt on Hospital Cleanliness An infectious diseases specialist reviews the evidence for contamination sources in healthcare facilities.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), January 15, 2019
• The Demise of Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia Why did the label 'healthcare-associated pneumonia' fall out of favor? Dr Holley shares his views.
  Medscape Critical Care, December 11, 2019
• De-escalating Antibiotics: A Nudge in the Right Direction To encourage de-escalation of vancomycin, a unique behavioral "nudge" aims to change provider prescribing behavior.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), October 02, 2018
• A Closer Look at Skin and Soft Tissue Infections New data provide opportunities for antibiotic and diagnostic stewardship in the management of SSTIs.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), June 07, 2018
• Influenza and MRSA Pneumonia   Dr Paul Auwaerter discusses the antimicrobial options for postinfluenza MRSA pneumonia, and makes the case for a universal flu vaccine.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, March 05, 2018
• Getting the Dirt on Healthcare Worker Clothing Two recent studies evaluated contamination of healthcare worker scrubs, gowns, and gloves in inpatient settings.
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), February 02, 2018