Should Cefazolin Be Preferred Treatment for Methicillinsusceptible S. aureus Bacteremia Instead of Nafcillin?
Staphylococcal Infections – Drug Therapy; Staphylococcus Aureus – Drug Effects; Bacteremia – Drug Therapy; Cefazolin – Therapeutic Use; Nafcillin – Therapeutic Use; Bacteremia – Microbiology; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus – Drug Effects
Watkins Richard R
Hospital Medicine Alert
2012
2012
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Statin Use Is Associated With a Lower Risk of Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.
Risk Assessment; Drug Resistance; Microbial; Neutrophils; Community-Acquired Infections – Drug Therapy; Cell Physiology – Drug Effects; Staphylococcus Aureus – Drug Effects; Bacteremia – Risk Factors; Biofilms – Drug Effects; Simvastatin – Administration and Dosage; Statins – Economics; Statins – Therapeutic Use
A population-based case-control study from Denmark found the use of statins was associated with a decreased risk for community-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, with the greatest benefit from higher doses.
Watkins Richard R
Infectious Disease Alert
2017
2017-12
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Measuring residual activity of topical antimicrobials: is the residual activity of chlorhexidine an artefact of laboratory methods?
Adolescence; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anti-Infective Agents; Antiinfective Agents; Artifacts; Chlorhexidine; Chlorhexidine – Analogs and Derivatives; Chlorhexidine – Pharmacodynamics; Chlorhexidine/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology; Hand Disinfection/methods; Hand hygiene; Handwashing – Methods; Humans; Local – Pharmacodynamics; Local/*pharmacology; Middle Age; Middle Aged; Persistence; Residual activity; Residual kill; Skin – Drug Effects; Skin – Microbiology; Skin/drug effects/*microbiology; Staphylococcus Aureus – Drug Effects; Staphylococcus aureus/*drug effects; Transient bacteria; Young Adult
Residual activity of chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) was evaluated by pretreating hands with CHG and then touching Staphylococcus aureus dried on to stainless steel discs. By this method, no reduction in bacteria was observed up to 15 min, suggesting that residual CHG does not offer protection against contamination with transient micro-organisms in clinical practice.
Rutter J D; Angiulo K; Macinga D R
The Journal of hospital infection
2014
2014-10
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2014.06.010" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.jhin.2014.06.010</a>