Case Presentation: A 78 year old man with a past medical history of diabetes on insulin and chronic back pain initially presented with several days of diarrhea. On admission he was found to have Clostridium difficile colitis that improved slowly on oral vancomycin. On hospital day 7 he developed acute debilitating back pain and was [...]

Background: There is some observational evidence for the benefit of having an infectious diseases (ID) physician provide consultative support in the care of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). A recent randomized trial was unable to document a similar benefit, although the control group received a concurrent stewardship intervention. We wanted to determine the effect [...]