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Major clinical progresses of infectious diseases in 2016

  

  1. Department of Infectious Disease, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University,
    Shijiazhuang  050000, China
  • Online:2017-02-05 Published:2017-02-08
  • Contact: Corresponding author:Song Ning, Email:1469713257@qq.com

Abstract: Great developments in clinical diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases were achieved in 2016. Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has published a series of important guidelines in the management of antibiotics, diagnosis of tuberculosis in adults and children, drug sensitive tuberculosis treatment in adults and children,diagnosis and treatment of hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilatorassociated pneumonia (VAP). This article will summarize the researches of the above mentioned infectious diseases involved in the guidelines published by IDSA in 2016.

Key words: antibacterial agents, tuberculosis, pneumonia, diagnosis, clinical protocols, guidebooks