It takes a village: decreasing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections.

Objective: Prescribing of antibiotics for viral upper respiratory infections (URIs) remains a pressing public health problem. We sought to reduce inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics for URIs in Mayo Clinic Arizona.

Design: Single-center, quasi-experimental, and retrospective cohort study.

Efficacy of Low Dose Chemoprophylaxis for Coccidioidomycosis Infection in Liver Transplant Recipients.

Background: Coccidioidomycosis (CM) infections among transplant recipients result in significant morbidity and mortality. The goal of our study was to establish the efficacy of low dose (LD) versus standard dose (LD, 50 mg daily) fluconazole in preventing CM infection.

Methods: This was a retrospective study utilizing electronic medical records of liver transplant recipients at the University of Arizona.