Banfield
ELKINS A new study shows that nearly half of women with urinary tract infections are prescribed the wrong antibiotics. Dr. Anne Banfield, FACOG, was interviewed by the Lily (a publication of the Washington Post) about the study which was published in the Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology journal.
According to the study, women in rural areas were particularly impacted.
“The proper use of antibiotics has become a much more relevant topic in the last decade,” said Banfield, who is the Director of Women’s Health Services for Davis Medical Center. “Antibiotics have been a sort of panacea for all things. They are effective in treating simple but potentially deadly infections and have been prescribed for a variety of conditions. We wouldn’t consider antibiotics for some of these conditions now.”
Experts presented the results of their Unyvero studies and demonstrated: Distinguishing those COVID-19 ICU patients with bacterial superinfection early and accurately is crucial for patient management and antibiotic stewardshipUnyvero detected bacterial pathogens up to 7 days earlier and would have enabled prompt and appropriate targeted antibiotics in 41.3% of cases and reduced time to appropriate therapy by 25.7 hours GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) OpGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPGN, “OpGen”), a precision medicine company harnessing the power of molecular diagnostics and bioinformatics to help combat infectious disease, today announced the results from the highly attended webinar titled “Pneumonia Diagnosis: Bacterial Superinfection in COVID-19 Patients”, where two infectious disease experts presented their independent study results from the Unyvero Hospitalized Pneumonia (HPN) and Unyvero Lower Respiratory (LRT BAL) panels, respectively. Thei
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Review showcases successes and challenges during a year of change and uncertainty.
Mar 01, 2021
The National Dairy FARM Program (FARM) has published its “2020 Year in Review.” Serving as the annual summary of the achievements and program developments of the FARM Program, the “Year in Review” showcases successes and challenges during a year of change and uncertainty.
“As the industry shifted with the pandemic, we adapted the program to fit farmer’s and program participant’s needs,” said Emily Yeiser Stepp, vice president for the FARM Program at the National Milk Producers Federation, which administers FARM. “We were still able to provide value, develop helpful resources and provide assurances of on-farm social responsibility for the dairy supply chain despite the rollercoaster of 2020.”
BENNINGTON Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s “Medical Matters Weekly” with Trey Dobson, MD, a weekly interactive, multiplatform medical-themed talk show that launched earlier this month, will feature infectious disease specialist