Antibiotic Stewardship

The panel can diagnose the cause of infections in under 60 minutes.

The risk of developing at least one of the major allergies more than doubled by age five for kids who had been prescribed antibiotics before their first birthday.

Testing for pathogens could reduce antibiotic use 28%.

Researchers used a clinical decision tool to identify patients at low risk of a penicillin allergy before giving an oral challenge.

The American program launched in the spring of this year.

Doctors need to fight the inertia that can result from software programs providing a full list of DDIs—some of which aren't clinically significant.

Teresa Zurberg, who runs the program for Vancouver Coastal Health, said the hunting breed of pooches can smell the slightest presence of C. difficile on surfaces and equipment.

A concerning insect bite on a patient at Dr. Robert Dickson's walk-in clinic requires some combination therapy.