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https://read.qxmd.com/read/28774698/the-global-problem-of-antifungal-resistance-prevalence-mechanisms-and-management
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David S Perlin, Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo
All serious fungal infections need appropriate antifungal therapy for successful patient outcome. Only a few classes of antifungal drugs are available, so the emergence of resistance to single drug classes and now multidrug resistance greatly hampers patient management. Azole resistance among Candida and Aspergillus species is one of the greatest challenges to clinical success, followed by echinocandin and multidrug resistance among some Candida species, especially Candida glabrata. The spread of agriculturally derived azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus and emerging threats such as multidrug resistant Candida auris are also alarming...
December 2017: Lancet Infectious Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28856437/diagnosis-and-empirical-treatment-of-fever-of-unknown-origin-fuo-in-adult-neutropenic-patients-guidelines-of-the-infectious-diseases-working-party-agiho-of-the-german-society-of-hematology-and-medical-oncology-dgho
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W J Heinz, D Buchheidt, M Christopeit, M von Lilienfeld-Toal, O A Cornely, H Einsele, M Karthaus, H Link, R Mahlberg, S Neumann, H Ostermann, O Penack, M Ruhnke, M Sandherr, X Schiel, J J Vehreschild, F Weissinger, G Maschmeyer
Fever may be the only clinical symptom at the onset of infection in neutropenic cancer patients undergoing myelosuppressive chemotherapy. A prompt and evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic approach is mandatory. A systematic search of current literature was conducted, including only full papers and excluding allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Recommendations for diagnosis and therapy were developed by an expert panel and approved after plenary discussion by the AGIHO. Randomized clinical trials were mainly available for therapeutic decisions, and new diagnostic procedures have been introduced into clinical practice in the past decade...
November 2017: Annals of Hematology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28747365/the-antibiotic-course-has-had-its-day
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Martin J Llewelyn, Jennifer M Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Darwin, SarahTonkin-Crine, Cliff Gorton, John Paul, Tim E A Peto, Lucy Yardley, Susan Hopkins, Ann Sarah Walker
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July 26, 2017: BMJ: British Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/23845951/a-guide-to-utilization-of-the-microbiology-laboratory-for-diagnosis-of-infectious-diseases-2013-recommendations-by-the-infectious-diseases-society-of-america-idsa-and-the-american-society-for-microbiology-asm-a
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Ellen Jo Baron, J Michael Miller, Melvin P Weinstein, Sandra S Richter, Peter H Gilligan, Richard B Thomson, Paul Bourbeau, Karen C Carroll, Sue C Kehl, W Michael Dunne, Barbara Robinson-Dunn, Joseph D Schwartzman, Kimberle C Chapin, James W Snyder, Betty A Forbes, Robin Patel, Jon E Rosenblatt, Bobbi S Pritt
The critical role of the microbiology laboratory in infectious disease diagnosis calls for a close, positive working relationship between the physician and the microbiologists who provide enormous value to the health care team. This document, developed by both laboratory and clinical experts, provides information on which tests are valuable and in which contexts, and on tests that add little or no value for diagnostic decisions. Sections are divided into anatomic systems, including Bloodstream Infections and Infections of the Cardiovascular System, Central Nervous System Infections, Ocular Infections, Soft Tissue Infections of the Head and Neck, Upper Respiratory Infections, Lower Respiratory Tract infections, Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Intraabdominal Infections, Bone and Joint Infections, Urinary Tract Infections, Genital Infections, and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections; or into etiologic agent groups, including Tickborne Infections, Viral Syndromes, and Blood and Tissue Parasite Infections...
August 2013: Clinical Infectious Diseases
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