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Preemptive Antibiotics Cut Bacteremia from Resistant Bugs (CME/C...

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Sun, 03/20/2011 - 16:30

(MedPage Today) -- Antibiotic prophylaxis for critically ill patients reduced the risk of bacteremia from highly drug-resistant organisms, researchers reported.


 

CDC: New Guidance for Carbapenem-Resistant Bugs

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 03/19/2009 - 12:30

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Aggressive infection control strategies are needed to control pathogens resistant or potentially resistant to the carbapenem antibiotics, the CDC said.