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Update on the guidelines for Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis (SBE) prophylaxis

Update on the guidelines for Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis (SBE) prophylaxis

By Dr. Natasha Press on March 5, 2014

The most recent AHA guidelines (2007) have limited antibiotic prophylaxis to those patients at highest-risk for developing endocarditis and who are undergoing high-risk invasive procedures.

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)

By Dr. Natasha Press on April 29, 2013

In the past few years, a hypervirulent strain of C. difficile, called NAP-1, has caused hospital outbreaks that have been unusually severe and recurrent.

MRSA skin and soft tissue infections

By Dr. Natasha Press on April 16, 2010

A 32 year old woman, otherwise healthy, presented with a “spider-bite”. On exam, she had a tender abscess on her buttock. It was associated with some surrounding cellulitis but no fever or other systemic features.


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