Clinical pharmacy specializations at a school of pharmacy: Development and implementation.

Background And Purpose: Specializations within doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) programs allow student pharmacists to advance their knowledge and expertise in a specific area of pharmacy. The purpose of this manuscript is to expand the knowledge of pharmacy specializations within a PharmD program by describing two patient care specializations at a school of pharmacy and their assessment strategies.

Educational Activity And Setting: A pediatric pharmacotherapy and acute care pharmacotherapy specialization are described.

Persistent Bacteremia in A Filipino Immigrant to the United States: A Case Report.

Melioidosis is rare in the United States and endemic to Southeast Asia and Australia. Treatment includes an initial intensive phase of intravenous ceftazidime or meropenem monotherapy depending on severity. The following report describes a case of persistent bacteremia with ceftazidime failure and prolonged meropenem therapy on a ceftazidime-susceptible strain of .

Investigation of the Selection and Timing of Pharmacological Therapy in Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis.

Background: Bacterial meningitis is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality, but early appropriate therapy is expected to improve outcomes. National treatment guidelines were published in 2004, but no assessment of their utilization in the U.S.