Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Cohort Study: Accuracy of Complete Blood Cell Counts to Identify Febrile Infants 60 Days or Younger With Invasive Bacterial Infections
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:49h | UTCAccuracy of Complete Blood Cell Counts to Identify Febrile Infants 60 Days or Younger With Invasive Bacterial Infections – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: ‘Modest at Best’ Discriminatory Ability for CBC Test in Infants – Doctors Lounge (free) AND CBC Is Not Reliable for Screening Febrile Infants – Medscape (free registration required) AND CBC Count Fails for Predicting Infant Bacterial Infections – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Review: Juvenile Stroke
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:47h | UTCJuvenile Stroke: A Practice-Oriented Overview – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Commentary: German study dissects etiology behind juvenile stroke – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:34h | UTCCorticosteroids in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Meta-analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Corticosteroids Therapy for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Chest (free) AND Adjunctive Systemic Corticosteroids for Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2015 Update – Scientific Reports (free)
Systematic Review: Strategies to reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in primary care
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:18h | UTCOriginal article: Clinician-targeted interventions to influence antibiotic prescribing behaviour for acute respiratory infections in primary care: an overview of systematic reviews – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Epidemiologic and clinical parameters of West Nile virus infections in humans
18 Sep, 2017 | 15:13h | UTCEpidemiologic and clinical parameters of West Nile virus infections in humans: a scoping review – BMC Infectious Diseases (free) (RT @MarkPNelder and @Onisillos)
Evaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:07h | UTCEvaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Detecting Tuberculosis Resistance (free)
Commentary: New rapid molecular test for MDR-TB shows promise – CIDRAP (free)
Review: Viral bronchiolitis in young infants
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:57h | UTC
Review: Diagnostic testing for Legionnaires’ disease
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:56h | UTCDiagnostic testing for Legionnaires’ disease – Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials (free)
Antibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:50h | UTCAntibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Guideline: Prevention of Early-onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:39h | UTCNews release: Group B Streptococcal Disease, Early-onset (free)
Commentaries: Antibiotics for women in early labour to combat Group B Strep – OnMedica (free) AND More pregnant women to get Group B Strep treatment – BBC News (free)
Guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:34h | UTCEuropean Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis (free)
Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:27h | UTCInternational ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia (free) (RT @CritCareReviews see Tweet)
Guideline: Antiretroviral therapy in pregnant women living with HIV
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:24h | UTCAntiretroviral therapy in pregnant women living with HIV: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free guideline and infographic)
Guideline for the Management of Chronic Pain in Patients Living With HIV
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:18h | UTC
Review: Voriconazole-refractory invasive aspergillosis
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:00h | UTCVoriconazole-refractory invasive aspergillosis – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free)
Review: Tuberculosis: Presentation and ED Management
16 Sep, 2017 | 17:51h | UTCTuberculosis: Presentation and ED Management – emDocs (free)
Study: Final efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety analyses of a nine-valent human papillomavirus vaccine
14 Sep, 2017 | 20:45h | UTCFinal efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety analyses of a nine-valent human papillomavirus vaccine in women aged 16–26 years: a randomised, double-blind trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Vaccine to prevent most cervical cancers shows long-term effectiveness – eCancer News (free)
Review: Antifungal resistance: current trends and future strategies to combat
14 Sep, 2017 | 18:46h | UTCSource: Critical Care Review Newsletter
WHO Guideline: Hormonal contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV
12 Sep, 2017 | 21:05h | UTCHormonal contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV: Guidance Statement – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News release: Can women who are at high risk of acquiring HIV, safely use hormonal contraception? (free)
Frequently asked questions: Hormonal contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV (free)
Guideline Summary: Hormonal contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV: guidance statement – National Guideline Clearinghouse (free)
Review: The Nephrotoxicity of Vancomycin
12 Sep, 2017 | 20:53h | UTCThe Nephrotoxicity of Vancomycin – Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (free)
Recommendations for the treatment of hepatitis B
12 Sep, 2017 | 20:51h | UTCRecommendations for the treatment of hepatitis B in 2017 – Polish Group of Experts for HBV (free)
Recommendations for the treatment of hepatitis C
12 Sep, 2017 | 20:50h | UTCRecommendations for the treatment of hepatitis C in 2017 – Polish Group of Experts for HCV (free)
Review: Mycetoma laboratory diagnosis
12 Sep, 2017 | 20:45h | UTCMycetoma laboratory diagnosis: Review article – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (free)
A fatal outbreak of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in China
11 Sep, 2017 | 14:28h | UTCA fatal outbreak of ST11 carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Chinese hospital: a molecular epidemiological study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Hypervirulent, highly resistant Klebsiella identified in China – CIDRAP (free) AND Triple Threat: New Pneumonia Is Drug-Resistant, Deadly And Contagious – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
FDA approves new drug for complicated UTI
11 Sep, 2017 | 14:32h | UTCFDA News Release: FDA approves new antibacterial drug (free)
FDA approves new drug for complicated urinary tract infection – CIDRAP (free) AND FDA OKs Vabomere, New Antibacterial for Complicated UTI – Medscape (free registration Required)