What's new in the management of infectious diseases.

The 32nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) was held late last year in Anaheim, California. Sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology, the conference is designed to encourage the exchange of new information among microbiologists, clinicians, pharmacologists, pathologists, and members of related disciplines. The following highlights include those that may be of particular clinical interest to physicians in the oncology specialties.