Evidence-based guidelines for implementation and measurement of antibiotic stewardship
interventions in inpatient populations including long-term care were prepared by a …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a recently described illness of humans that
has spread widely over the past 6 months. With the use of detailed epidemiologic data from …

Adverse drug events cause substantial morbidity and mortality, yet they remain underappreciated
and misunderstood. The terminology to describe errors and patient harm associated …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of nosocomial infections. The risk of emergence
of antibiotic resistance may vary with different antibiotic treatments. To compare the risks …

Background—Despite evidence supporting short antibiotic prophylaxis (ABP), it is still
common practice to continue ABP for more than 48 hours after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG…

Objectives : We undertook the review of all available cases of hypersensitivity reactions after
placement of a drug-eluting stent (DES) and classified potential causes. Background : Six …

The need to stem the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance has prompted multiple,
sometimes conflicting, calls for changes in the use of antimicrobial agents. One source of …

… Requests for reprints should be addressed to Matthew H. Samore, MD, New England
Deaconess Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, 185 Pilgrim Road, Boston, Massachusetts …

We investigated the increasing incidence of pediatric empyema during the 1990s at Primary
Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Of 540 children hospitalized with community-…

Background Little is known about whether patients who develop Clostridium-difficile-associated
diarrhoea (CDAD) are culture-positive or culture-negative before illness. The most …