Diabetes-related foot infections: diagnosis and treatment

EM Matheson, SW Bragg, RS Blackwelder - American family physician, 2021‏ - aafp.org
Diabetes-related foot infections occur in approximately 40% of diabetes-related foot ulcers
and cause significant morbidity. Clinicians should consider patient risk factors (eg, presence …

Determining the Utility of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nares Screening in Antimicrobial Stewardship

KA Mergenhagen, KE Starr… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Treatment of suspected methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is
a cornerstone of many antibiotic regimens; however, there is associated toxicity. The …

Should a MRSA nasal swab guide empiric antibiotic treatment?

C Liu, M Holubar - NEJM evidence, 2022‏ - evidence.nejm.org
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important cause of community and
health care–associated infections and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality …

Anti-methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus and in vitro toxicology evaluation of corilagin-loaded gelatin/agar microspheres with potential biotextile applications

PL Lam, R Gambari, YW Ho, WY Wong… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged since the early 1960s.
The increasing resistance of pathogens to currently used antibiotics requires the urgent …

International Validation of a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Risk Assessment Tool for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

EJ Zasowski, TD Trinh, KC Claeys, M Dryden… - Infectious Diseases and …, 2022‏ - Springer
Introduction To promote judicious prescribing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA)-active therapy for skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), we previously developed an …

Active surveillance cultures and Procalcitonin in combination with clinical data to guide empirical antimicrobial therapy in hospitalized medical patients with Sepsis

S Spoto, J Daniel Markley, E Valeriani… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Objective The prevalence of colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) has
increased over the last decade, reaching levels as high as 23% in certain patient …

Rectal colonization is predictive for surgical site infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria in abdominal surgery

M Mehdorn, S Kolbe-Busch, N Lippmann… - … Archives of Surgery, 2023‏ - Springer
Purpose Superficial surgical site infections (SSI) are a common complication after
abdominal surgery. Additionally, multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) have shown an …

Clinical utility of negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal surveillance swabs in skin and skin structure infections

R Burgoon, E Weeda, KN Mediwala… - American Journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Background Negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal
swabs have a high negative predictive value of approximately 99% in respiratory infections …

Does a Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Screen Predict the Risk for MRSA Skin and Soft Tissue Infection?

AM Hitchcock, RW Seabury, WD Kufel… - Annals of …, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are often caused by gram-positive
bacteria that colonize the skin. Given the overuse of antibiotics, SSTIs are increasingly …

Ultra-short antibiotic prophylaxis guided by preoperative microbiological nasal swabs in endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery

M Ceraudo, A Prior, A Balestrino, P Anania… - Acta …, 2021‏ - Springer
Purpose Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery (EESBS) is a clean-contaminated
procedure. Guidelines regarding the antibiotic prophylaxis in EESBS have not been …