County of Los Angeles
Department of Public Health
Acute Communicable Disease Control
313 N. Figueroa Street, Room 212
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 240-7941
Fax: (213) 482-4856
E-Mail:acdc2@ph.lacounty.gov
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: Guidelines For Management
(2007) Improving the care of adult patients with
community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been the focus of many
different organizations, and several have developed guidelines for
management of CAP. Two of the most widely referenced are those of
the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American
Thoracic Society (ATS). In response to confusion regarding
differences between their respective guidelines, the IDSA and the
ATS convened a joint committee to develop a unified CAP guideline
document.
Antibiotic consumption and
resistance
The annual DANMAP report (Danish Integrated Antimicrobial Resistance
Monitoring and Research Programme, www.danmap.org)
summarises the Danish consumption of antibiotics used for animals and humans, and follows the
development of resistance in bacteria collected from animals, foodstuffs and humans.
New Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines Published (March 2005):
IDSA and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have co-authored new
guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and health
care-acquired pneumonia. The new guidelines are the first from IDSA, and include major
changes from those published by ATS in 1996
CDC: Screening Reduces Strep B in Infants (June 2004)
Screening pregnant women for group B streptococcal bacteria and giving
antibiotics to infected mothers-to-be have dramatically reduced the disease in U.S.
newborns to the lowest level on record.
New Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Otitis Media (March 2004)
New clinical practice guidelines issued by the American Academy of
Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Physicians provides primary care physicians
recommendations for the diagnosis and management of acute otitis media (AOM) in children
at 2 months to 12 years of age.
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