L B Reller

TL;DR: Bloodstream infections in the 1990s are notable for the increased importance of CNS as both contaminants and pathogens, the proportionate increase in fungi and decrease in anaerobes as pathogens,The emergence of Mycobacterium avium complex as an important cause of bacteremia in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection, and the reduction in mortality associated with infection.

TL;DR: The most common sources of bacteremia were the respiratory, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal tracts; however, the source was unknown in nearly one-third of episodes.

TL;DR: This policy paper summarizes the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s (IDSA) recommendations about how best to address the synergistic crises of rising rates of antibiotic resistance and waning approvals of new antibiotics.

TL;DR: Review of 35 cases of campylobacter enteritis identified a typical clinical syndrome with acute onset of diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, and constitutional symptoms, and Epidemiologic investigation strongly suggested an external source for the infection in 22 of 35 patients.

TL;DR: Results of a limited pilot clinical trial with a prototype research instrument indicate that the BacT/Alert system is comparable to the radiometric BACTEC 460 system in its ability to grow and detect microorganisms in blood.