Welcome to the Highlights from ICAAC 2015 resource page, where you can find the latest news presented at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. In addition to recent data on novel treatment options and results from important clinical trials, this resource page features onsite video interviews with infectious disease experts to get their reactions to some of the clinical updates and news presented at the conference, and what implications they may have for the future.
Meeting News Coverage
September 21, 2015
SAN DIEGO — Patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae experience significant mortality and comorbidity, according to recent…
September 21, 2015
SAN DIEGO — Although Tdap vaccination protects against whooping cough infection from Bordetella pertussis, it was not effective against a…
Meeting News Coverage
September 21, 2015
SAN DIEGO — A 20-minute diagnostic test used to identify Staphylococcus aureus in blood samples reduced hospital durations and eliminated…
Meeting News Coverage
September 20, 2015
SAN DIEGO — Data recently presented at ICAAC 2015 suggest slower recovery and higher culture rates among microbial keratitis patients receiving…
Meeting News Coverage
September 20, 2015
SAN DIEGO — An ART regimen consisting of once-daily Stribild may be safer and more effective in women with HIV-1 infection than a standard…
Meeting News Coverage
September 20, 2015
SAN DIEGO — Bezlotoxumab, the monoclonal antibody that neutralizes Clostridium difficile toxin B, was an efficacious adjunctive therapy for…
Meeting News Coverage
September 20, 2015
SAN DIEGO — Researchers from Japan reported at ICAAC 2015 that they have invented an updated, more accurate version of a screening assay that…
Meeting News Coverage
September 19, 2015
SAN DIEGO— Data presented here at ICAAC 2015 suggest highly variable rates of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative urinary pathogens…
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September 19, 2015
SAN DIEGO — Recent findings from the IGNITE1 trial demonstrate that eravacycline, a novel fluorocycline antibiotic, was noninferior to…
Meeting News Coverage
September 19, 2015
SAN DIEGO — Clostridium difficile-associated disease almost doubled mortality and total health care costs among patients aged 65 years and…