In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Angelina Davis chats with us about several articles about antibiotic prophylaxis for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in patients with cirrhosis.

The materials reviewed in this episode can be found on the DASON Digest page on our website: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/blog/sbp-prophylaxis-what-were-doing-why-were-doing-it-and-should-we-keep-doing-it

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Join the Duke ID PGY2 resident Natalie Harris as she talks with Dr. Julie Gray about her new article published in ASHE this year titled “Short versus long treatment duration for streptococcal bloodstream infection." The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40026772/

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Join DASON liaison Jeannette Bouchard as she talks with Dr. Kati Shihadeh about her new article published in ASHE this year titled “Standardization in the management of gram-negative bloodstream infections after implementation of a clinical care guideline at a large academic, safety-net institution: a quasi-experimental study. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11822621/

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Join Drs. Emily Stevenson and Jessie Seidelman as they discuss Dr. Seidelman’s experience with blood culture stewardship and her recent publications as well as a new publication out of Virginia and their experience of their efforts during the shortage.

Materials discussed today: Main article: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology/article/blood-culture-bottle-shortage-mitigation-efforts-analysis-of-impact-on-ordering-and-patient-impact/6E6B3256942821F7C7C4758739F79BC3 Other articles mentioned: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196655324004723?via%3Dihub https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11007355/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11758502/

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In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Melissa Johnson chats with Dr. Sunish Shah from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center about metronidazole dosing for bloodstream infections. The article reviewed in the episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39667533/

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In this episode DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. April Dyer talks with Dr. Rebekah Moehring talk to us about outcomes of antibiotic de-escalation in patients with suspected sepsis. The article discussed in the episode can be viewed here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39657050/

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Join Drs. Libby Dodds Ashley and Dev Anderson as they discuss one of the latest articles from the Duke ID team regarding C. difficile testing and the confusion that surrounds certain testing results. The articles reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39828613/ and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39180325/

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In this episode of the DASON Digest Podcast, Dr. Angelina Davis, one of our DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaisons, talks to us about the BALANCE Trial and the work the investigators did with duration of antibiotic treatment for bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39565030/

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