Infectious Diseases
Multispecialty Center Targets Adverse Drug Reactions
Drug-safety expert Elizabeth Phillips, M.D., addresses her multidisciplinary mission to make drugs safer and more accessible.
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No Shortcuts to Prevent Infection Following Surgery for Fractures
New evidence describes how surgical-site complications in traumatic fracture impact short-term outcomes.
Questionable Value of Fungal Disease Test
Study exposes low utility of sinus CT, the most common test given to febrile neutropenic pediatric patients with cancer.
Steps to Timely Assessment of Musculoskeletal Infections
Four-point strategy reduces risk of multiorgan involvement.
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Tactics for Targeting Surgical-Site Infections
Vanderbilt experts weigh in on the effectiveness of polyhexanide for the prevention of SSIs after laparotomy.
Strategy Trims Antibiotic Use in Pediatric Cancer Patients
Risk-prediction models inform antibiotic use in non-neutropenic patients – and now a new cancer population.
Inaccurate Allergy Labeling Tagged for Elimination
Allergists establish hospital protocols for identifying and removing falsely applied penicillin-allergy labels.
On Defense Against Deadly Diarrheal Infections
Study links Turicibacter commensal to protection against severe infections, such as E. coli.
Validation Strategies Help Fill EHR Data Gaps
VUMC team pioneers more efficient methods for validating EHR data in biomedical research.
Fecal Transplant Outcomes in Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s
Synthesis of 12 studies shows isolated benefits of fecal microbiota transplant, illuminates the disease’s multifactorial treatment requirements.