"Electronic Phenotyping" Antimicrobials to Facilitate Outpatient Stewardship for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infection in Renal Transplant.

Asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infection in renal transplant are important antimicrobial stewardship targets but are difficult to identify within electronic medical records. We validated an "electronic phenotype" of antibacterials prescribed for these indications. This may be more useful than billing data in assessing antibiotic indication in this outpatient setting.

Combination Antifungal Therapy for Invasive Mucormycosis in Immunocompromised Hosts: A Single-Center Experience.

Combination antifungal therapy for invasive mucormycosis remains controversial and is inconsistently defined in prior studies. In a cohort of patients with immunocompromised status and invasive mucormycosis, we found no difference in 6-week mortality with up-front or salvage combination therapy as compared with monotherapy.