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Intermountain Health researchers receive major grant to study methods to establish long-term antibiotic stewardship in urgent care settings
Researchers at Intermountain Health have been awarded a $356,000 grant from Merck, a global science and technology company ...
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IDSA: Antibiotics for Seven Days Feasible for Patients Hospitalized With Bloodstream Infections
Treating hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections with antibiotics for seven days is noninferior to treating ...
Antibiotics for seven days found feasible for patients hospitalized with bloodstream infections
Treating hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections with antibiotics for seven days is noninferior to treating for 14 ...
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For Bloodstream Infection, 7 Days of Antibiotics as Effective as 14
Investigators of the seven-country BALANCE trial said cutting duration to 7 days could slash costs and reduce harms and may ...
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7 days of antibiotics as effective as 14 for blood infections: Study
New study finds that a 7-day antibiotic course is just as effective as a 14-day course for treating bloodstream infections, with lower mortality rates.
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IDSA: Antibiotics for Seven Days Feasible for Patients Hospitalized With Bloodstream Infections
(HealthDay News) — Treating hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections with antibiotics for 7 days ... tract (42.2%), abdomen (18.8 percent), lung (13.0%), vascular catheters (6.3% ...
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The CDC now recommends that people 50 and older get vaccinated against pneumonia
The number of people that have been diagnosed with a pneumonia-causing bacteria has increased over the past six months. Older ...
Mom Tries to 'Flush Out' Infection by Drinking Massive Amount of Water, Ends Up in ICU: 'I Was Slowly Drowning Myself'
A mom ended up in the ICU with dangerously low sodium levels — the result of drinking too much water. Nina Munro, 41, was ...
Pertussis infection on the rise in El Paso County schools
Parents of students at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs received a detailed letter from El Paso County ...
Ask the doctors: Vaccination is the best safeguard against whooping cough
Vaccination remains the best safeguard against whooping cough. Vaccines known as DTaP and Tdap are effective against a trio of targets: whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. It is important not to ...