Antibiotic Stewardship

OTTAWA | Canada is in danger of losing its only national monitoring system for healthcare-acquired infections. The Canadian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Program (CNISP) is anticipating significant budget cuts next year.

TORONTO | Medical use of probiotics could be significant in minimizing C. difficile infection among hospitalized patients taking antibiotics, according to new research from The Hospital for Sick Children and McMaster University.

Occurrence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea can be significantly, safely reduced by taking probiotics, new study finds.

Better therapy linked with fewer viral mutations in Quebec study