By Ethan Covey
Involving infectious disease specialists in the care of patients with certain drug-resistant infections can reduce mortality rates by 50%, according to a new study.
The study is the broadest to date examining the link between ID consultation and multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) (Open Forum Infect Dis 2018;5[3]:ofy026).
“These are serious infections that anybody can get and end up in the hospital,” said researcher Jason P. Burnham, MD, of Washington University School