IDWEEK 2017

Age-appropriate doses of IV peramivir were compared to five days of oral oseltamivir in patients aged 0-17 years.

Effective treatment of latent tuberculosis infection is key to TB control efforts and approaching the goal of TB elimination, the authors reported.

Study patients were randomized to 1-hour IV fosfomycin 6g infusion every 8 hours (18 g total daily dose) or IV piperacillin/tazobactam 4.5g infused over 1 hour every 8 hours for a fixed 7 days.

Researchers compared the integrated safety outcomes between delafloxacin and vancomycin/aztreonam from two Phase 3 ABSSSI studies.

Clinical and demographic profiles of patients were compared on those who completed the 9H vs. 3HP regimens with a focus on adverse events, which can commonly cause treatment discontinuation.

The ceftriaxone + doxycycline regimen has been favored in light of ‘recent concerns of increased cardiovascular risk associated with azithromycin

The researchers sought to determine the type and frequency of hormonal contraceptives and ART prescribed to women with HIV infection and prevalence of resulting drug to drug interaction potential.

The researchers compared the effectiveness of oral beta-lactams to fluoroquinolones in the treatment of Enterobacteriaceae bloodstream infections (EBSI) in adult patients.

Intravenous (IV) antibiotics such as CPT is indicated for ABSSSIs “but real world clinical comparative data is limited.”

Prophylaxis against mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) is recommended for patients with CD4 counts of 3.