New research is being presented at ICAAC 2013, the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, from September 10-13 in Denver.
Meeting Highlights
Assessing Early Treatment Response in Cellulitis
HZ Vaccination Rates Remain Low in the Elderly
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Oral Spray Protects Against Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Germs for Up to 24 Hours
A Novel Test for the Rapid Detection of Septicemia Due to Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
Daptomycin Dosing in Morbidly Obese Patients: Is There a Need for a Different Dosing Strategy?
Breathalyzer-like Gas Detector Accurately Diagnoses Patients with Aspergillus Fungal Pneumonia
Regulatory Approval of Antibiotics can Be Forecasted by PK-PD Animal Infection Models
Comparing the Effectiveness of Two Oral Vancomycin Regimens for Clostridium difficile Infection
Is There a Role for Statin Use in Influenza?
Can Immune Stimulation Be Used to Treat Septic Shock Effectively?
How Do We Measure Antibiotic Resistance Outside the Human Body?
Excessive Use of Disinfectants: Is this the Fastest way of Creating Drug Resistant Bacteria?
Plaque Bacteria cannot Hide from All Toothpastes
Bacteriophage Lysin CF-301: A Novel and Potent Way to Kill Staphylococcus Aureus
Disrupting the Microbiome Through Antimicrobial Use: Implications for Infection Control
Clostridium difficile Infection in Children
How Viral Infections Can Cause Bacterial Ear Infections
Laser Technology Identifies Microbes and Improves Antibiotic Therapy
Immunomodulation to Promote Antimicrobial Peptides in the Lung
New Antibiotic Cures Deadly Bioterrorism Infection
Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae and Alternative Treatment Options in the Netherlands
Understanding the DNA Sequences of Superbugs
Antibiotic Cocktails: How to Kill a Superbug
Two New Drugs Offer New Perspectives for a Better Chemotherapeutic Treatment of Buruli Ulcer
Host Defense Peptides: Modifying “Nature’s Antibiotics” for Use in Cystic Fibrosis
Vitamin D in Recurrent Acute Otitis Media
Treatment of HIV Infection and Cancer
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs and Lifetime History of Syphilis Among HIV-Positive Men
Novel Yeast, Originally Detected in Africa, Now Isolated From Women in the United States
A Decade of Herd Immunity After Vaccination Against Serogroup C Meningococcal Disease
Dengue Vaccines: Update on Progress and Comments on How They will be Used
Safety of New Antimicrobials Approved by the FDA in the Last 7 Years
Impact of Broad-Range PCR on the Clinical Management of Infectious Disease Syndromes
ICAAC 2013 Videos
Dr. Craig Rubens, Chair of the ICAAC Program Committee
Meet the Expert: Beyond Conventional Thinking – How Do We Get New Antibiotics and Use Them Properly?
Surveys and/or Molecular Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria
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