March 06, 2026

Framework Targets Hospital-Onset UTIs

The expert panel outlines surveillance, device management, and diagnostic stewardship strategies to address both catheter-associated and non–catheter-associated infections.

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March 04, 2026

Refining Vancomycin Use in Early CDI

A modified dosing approach could reshape recurrence prevention strategies.

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March 03, 2026

Penicillins Lead in SSI Prevention

Network meta-analysis compares antibiotic classes for colorectal surgery prophylaxis

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March 03, 2026

Antibiotic Guideline Gaps Raise SSI Risk

Nonadherence to IDSA/SIS/SHEA perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines associated with significantly higher surgical site infection rates, finds nationwide analysis.

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March 02, 2026

Sepsis Antibiotic Timing Shows Physician Divide

Emergency department physicians differ in how quickly they initiate antibiotics for suspected sepsis.

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February 17, 2026

Hospital Prices Posted. Few Patients Look.

Federal rules require hospitals to post prices so patients can shop. Instead, insurers and providers use the data to negotiate what they get paid.

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June 17, 2025

FMT as First-Line CDI Treatment?

New randomized trial shows fecal microbiota transplantation may reduce antibiotic dependence in first-episode infections

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September 09, 2025

Dietary Nitrate Lowers Blood Pressure in Older Adults, Study

Researchers show nitrate-rich beetroot reshapes the oral microbiome.

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September 22, 2025

Staffing Falls, Deaths Rise Post-Acquisition

Among Medicare patients, ICU stays shorten and transfers rise following private-equity acquisitions.

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November 10, 2025

Gastric microbiome shifts track H pylori virulence

Pathogenic bacterial genotypes correlate with distinct microbial communities; overall α-diversity is unchanged, but virulent strains show greater diversity within subgroups as atrophy progresses

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