Antibiotic Prescribing for Dental Procedures in Community-Associated Clostridium difficile cases, Minnesota, 2009–2015

Abstract

The proceedings contain 721 papers. The topics discussed include: association of hospital-onset clostridium difficile infection rates and antibiotic use in US acute care hospitals, 2006-2012: an ecologic analysis; antibiotic prescribing for dental procedures in community-associated clostridium difficile cases, minnesota, 2009-2015; clostridium difficile: investigating transmission patterns between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients using whole genome sequencing; testing stewardship: a 'hard stop' to reduce inappropriate C. diff testing; etiology of infectious diarrhea in patients tested for clostridium difficile: if it isn't clostridium difficile, what is it?; impact of an automatic hospital probiotic protocol on clostridium difficile infection rates and antibiotic usage patterns; the association of molecular characteristics, vancomycin MIC and clinical outcomes in methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus osteoarticular infections in children; impact of vancomycin serum trough concentrations and vancomycin AUC/MIC on vancomycin response, in-hospital outcomes and acute kidney injury in pediatric staphylococcus aureus pneumonia; and comprehensive detection of pathogens in immunocompromised children with bloodstream infections by next-generation sequencing.