The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recently published updated guidelines for assessing and treating patients with community-acquired pneumonia. In contrast to the common practice of treating patients on the basis of clinical…
The Infectious Diseases Society of America advocates using pathogen-directed therapy whenever possible to help reduce the emergence of drug resistance. Options for empiric therapy for outpatients include a macrolide, a new fluoroquinolone with…
Over the last decade, the incidence of penicillin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates has markedly increased. This trend is unsettling because infections caused by S pneumoniae are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in…
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a newly described emerging infection caused by a novel coronavirus, which can be highly contagious by close contact. Patients may present with an acute febrile illness that involves the lower respiratory…
