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Vitamin C and Sepsis – Miracle, Madness or Still Murky?
Experimental and emerging data suggest intravenous ascorbic acid may be a potential therapy in patients presenting with septic shock, but more evidence is needed to confirm or refute the clinical utility of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Proposed mechanisms of this essential water-soluble vitamin include anti-inflammatory effects, reduction in oxidative damage, and preservation of endothelial function […]
Sep 15, 2017
Welcome to Stacy Severin – Transplant Infectious Diseases Clinical Study Associate
Tell us about the position you are starting? I am starting as a research nurse coordinator in infectious disease, solid organ transplant division. Tell us about your background? I have been an RN for the last 9 years, with the last 4 in research. I have always worked in the Oncology field prior to this […]
Sep 8, 2017
Widespread use of chlorhexidine in hospitalized patients does not promote resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Content courtesy of Dr. Rupp. Investigators from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Division of Infectious Diseases recently published reassuring data indicating that use of chlorhexidine (CHG) to bathe hospitalized patients does not lead to CHG-resistance in S. aureus. (Marolf CT, et al Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 38:873-75, 2017). CHG is a very […]
Sep 1, 2017
Are contact isolation precautions (CP) necessary when caring for patients infected or colonized with endemic MRSA or VRE?
Researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Infectious Diseases and Nebraska Medicine Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology recently published results from a two-year observational study indicating that routine use of contact isolation precautions (CP) are not needed in caring for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). (Rupp ME, […]
Aug 21, 2017
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases – The Ghostbusters of Medicine
Medicine is a team sport, there is no denying that, but together the Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases(ID) specialists create a powerhouse of for diagnosis and treatment. Detect, Identify and Destroy. Infectious Disease physicians are called in to start the investigation – does the patient have an infection? What do we think is the most […]
Aug 7, 2017
Dr. Sue Swindells on “Why I Love ID”
Dr. Sue Swindells on “Why I Love ID”: “So, I found myself in a fancy maternity hospital in San Francisco not too long ago, while my daughter was having a baby. The nurses there were very excited to have an Infectious Diseases doctor in the room. I had thought they might be a bit nervous […]
Aug 3, 2017
Hope is Not a Plan – Preparing for Public Health Emergencies.
Dr. Hewlett presented her talk “Hope is Not a Plan” for the SHEA/CDC Outbreak Response Training Workshop(ORTP) in Philadelphia in June. The workshop was geared towards Hospital Epidemiologists and focused on hospital preparedness for public health emergencies. Dr. Hewlett specifically spoke on key steps in preparing for a high-consequence pathogen infection, travel and screening tools […]
Jul 21, 2017
Interested in Common Infections in the Elderly? Listen and Learn at UNMC!
Common Infections in the Elderly July 13, 2017 Location: UNMC Eppley Science Hall – Amphitheater In this presentation, Dr. Muhammad Salman Ashraf, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine – Infectious Diseases, will discuss why older adults are at increased risk of infections. He will also identify common infections in the elderly and present management issues […]
Jul 12, 2017
HIV prevention – Are you PrEPared?
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the strategy of administering antiretrovirals to HIV uninfected, at-risk individuals in order to prevent HIV infection. Tenofovir-emtricitabine (Truvada) was approved for HIV PrEP by the FDA in 2012 and is over 90% effective in preventing HIV infection when taken as directed. UNMC’s HIV clinic has been offering HIV PrEP for […]
Jul 6, 2017
Graduation and Congratulations to Dr. Majorant!
As June comes to a close, we are celebrating the graduation of Dr. Majorant from our Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program. We wish are all the best as she goes forward into her new position at Providence Medford Medical Center in Oregon! Congratulations Dr. Majorant! Photograph courtesy of Dr. Rupp.
Jun 22, 2017
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