Pharmacist's Letter

Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2012) August 2014

PL Voices: New Guidelines and Antibiotics for Skin Infections August 2014

Guideline: Executive Summary: Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America August 2014

Chart: Drug Treatments for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections August 2014

Article: Recommend Treating Patients Who Develop a Lyme Rash July 2014

Article: more emphasis on prevention and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia December 2013

Chart: Smoking Cessation Drug Therapy December 2013

Guideline: Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (2007) December 2013

PL Voices: Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia December 2013

PL Voices: Appropriate Use of Cephalosporins in Patients with a Penicillin Allergy October 2013

Chart: Comparison of Cephalosporins October 2013

Article: More patients who are allergic to penicillin will get a cephalosporin for common respiratory tract infections October 2013

Article: changes for antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery April 2013

Guideline: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery (2013) April 2013

Article: Keeping track of the different spectrums of the IV and oral cephalosporins can be a real challenge July 2012