The international and regional febrile neutropenia (FN) guidelines are...
The international and regional febrile neutropenia (FN) guidelines are inconsistent due to insufficient data on the impact of routine urine cultures...
11 Oct, 2018
A new Japanese study concluded that introducing an empirical antimicrobial guidance in emergency outpatient and emergency intensive care settings...
08 Oct, 2018
A team of US researchers modified an existing Emergency Department (ED) clinical asthma treatment pathway to recommend metered dose inhaler (MDI)...
19 Sep, 2018
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most frequent and important intensive care units (ICU)-acquired infection. Recently, a study...
11 Sep, 2018
Polymyxins have been associated with a risk of nephrotoxicity. Different studies have evaluated the toxicity of polymyxins and have demonstrated a...
The Global Initiative for MRSA Pneumonia (GLIMP) study, is an international, multicenter study aimed to determine the point prevalence and specific...
Beta-lactam Infusion in Severe Sepsis (BLISS) study is a prospective, two-centre, open labelled, randomized controlled trial of continuous infusion...
ZEPHyR (linezolid in the treatment of subjects with nosocomial pneumonia proven to be due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a...
Cefuroxime is a second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic. It is a broad-spectrum antibacterial agent with a favorable pharmacokinetic profile....
Mucormycosis are the group of invasive infection caused by filamentous fungi of the Mucoraceae family. This slide set enumerates prevalence,...
Early initiation of antifungal therapy is a major contributor to enhanced survival rate. This set of slides highlights incidence and risk factors of...
Disseminated TB results from widespread blood borne dissemination of TB bacilli. This presentation includes causes and risk factors of disseminated...
Parenteral macrolide therapy is needed for patients with moderate to severe CAP/AECB. This booklet gives an overview of the efficacy and safety of...
The article summarizes the Indian epidemiological data for MRSA infections, along with treatment of MRSA infections and infection control measures.
Amphotericin B deoxycholate has a broad antifungal activity, and today it is the best antifungal available against most systemic fungal infections,...
This article briefs out the structural aspects, advantages and application of liposomes and elaborates on liposomal amphotericin B as an antifungal...
The algorithm for the treatment of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea is presented here.
This aid is a ready reckoner of antibiotics and anti-fungals against a spectrum of gram positive and negative microbes and resistant pathogens.
This aid is a ready reckoner scoring system for early antifungal treatment in non-neutropenic critically ill patients.
The 11 scoring systems frequently required and widely used to assess the severity of critically ill patients in the ICUs are listed here.
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