Volume: 25 Issue: 5

This article describes the treatment completion rate for latent tuberculosis infections at a health clinic in Edmonton, Alberta, including an assessment of the correlates of noncompletion as well as potential means to improve treatment adherence. Effects of breakpoint changes on carbapenem susceptibility rates of <em>Enterobacteriaceae</em>: Results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (United States, 2008 to 2012)Antibiotic susceptibility breakpoints are determined at the time of clinical approval for a given drug, but may need to be revised to incorporate additional evidence obtained after approval of the drug. The breakpoints for several common carbapenems were updated between 2010 and 2013. The authors aimed to calculate the change in susceptibility rates for these drugs as a result of the updates to the breakpoints, using susceptibility data of various <span style="font-style: italic">Enterobacteriaceae </span>species from the North American SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program. Bacteremia caused by <em>Eggerthella lenta</em> in an elderly man with a gastrointestinal malignancy: A case report<span style="font-style: italic">Eggerthella lenta </span>is normally found in the digestive tract, but can cause systemic infections in patients with disrupted mucosal lining due to gastrointestinal diseases or in patients with a compromised immune system. This article describes an 86-year-old man...
Source: Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research