2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis: Developed by the task force on the management of endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology …

V Delgado, N Ajmone Marsan, S de Waha… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the epidemiology of vancomycin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Q Wu, N Sabokroo, Y Wang, M Hashemian… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Vancomycin‑resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) is a serious
public health challenging concern worldwide. Objectives Therefore, the objective of present …

Guidelines for diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis in adults: a WikiGuidelines group consensus statement

EG McDonald, G Aggrey, AT Aslan, M Casias… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Practice guidelines often provide recommendations in which the strength of the
recommendation is dissociated from the quality of the evidence. Objective To create a …

Cefepime vs piperacillin-tazobactam in adults hospitalized with acute infection: the ACORN randomized clinical trial

ET Qian, JD Casey, A Wright, L Wang, MS Shotwell… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cefepime and piperacillin-tazobactam are commonly administered to
hospitalized adults for empirical treatment of infection. Although piperacillin-tazobactam has …

Complicated pneumonia in children

FM de Benedictis, E Kerem, AB Chang, AA Colin… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Complicated community-acquired pneumonia in a previously well child is a severe illness
characterised by combinations of local complications (eg, parapneumonic effusion …

Human serum triggers antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus

EVK Ledger, S Mesnage, AM Edwards - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Staphylococcus aureus frequently causes infections that are challenging to treat, leading to
high rates of persistent and relapsing infection. Here, to understand how the host …

The Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform Trial Protocol: New Tools for an Old Foe

SYC Tong, J Mora, AC Bowen… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream (SAB) infection is a common and severe infectious
disease, with a 90-day mortality of 15%–30%. Despite this,< 3000 people have been …

Native-valve infective endocarditis

HF Chambers, AS Bayer - New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Clinical Points Native-Valve Infective Endocarditis The modified Duke criteria, which are
based on findings on physical examination, echocardiography, microbiologic studies, and …

Daptomycin Plus Fosfomycin Versus Daptomycin Alone for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Endocarditis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

M Pujol, JM Miró, E Shaw, JM Aguado… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background We aimed to determine whether daptomycin plus fosfomycin provides higher
treatment success than daptomycin alone for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality risk profiling of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia by multi-omic serum analysis reveals early predictive and pathogenic signatures

JM Wozniak, RH Mills, J Olson, JR Caldera… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SaB) causes significant disease in humans, carrying
mortality rates of∼ 25%. The ability to rapidly predict SaB patient responses and guide …