Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Free Online Course: PrEP for Providers and Patients
11 Sep, 2017 | 00:58h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: PrEParing: PrEP for Providers and Patients – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Review: Sepsis with Comorbidities: Management Strategies
10 Sep, 2017 | 01:40h | UTCSepsis with Comorbidities: Management Strategies – emDocs (free)
Study: Safety and Feasibility of Antiretroviral Preexposure Prophylaxis for Adolescent Men Who Have Sex With Men
10 Sep, 2017 | 01:30h | UTCEditorial: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Preexposure Prophylaxis for Adolescent Men (free)
Commentaries: Safety, Feasibility of PrEP for Adolescent Men Who Have Sex With Men – The JAMA Network (free) AND PrEP safe and effective for young men who have sex with men – OnMedica (free) AND HIV PrEP for adolescent men found to be safe, effective – UPI (free)
Does This Child Have Pneumonia? The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review
9 Sep, 2017 | 18:55h | UTCDoes This Child Have Pneumonia? The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Hypoxia, increased work of breathing outweigh tachypnea, auscultatory findings in diagnosing pneumonia – Clinical Advisor (free)
Humidified oxygen linked to increased chest infections
8 Sep, 2017 | 02:10h | UTCHumidified oxygen linked to increased chest infections – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Is humidified better than non-humidified low-flow oxygen therapy? A systematic review and meta-analysis – Journal of Advanced Nursing (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Role of Combination Antimicrobial Therapy for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Infections
8 Sep, 2017 | 00:15h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Study: Effectiveness of a Third Dose of MMR Vaccine for Mumps Outbreak Control
7 Sep, 2017 | 20:16h | UTCEffectiveness of a Third Dose of MMR Vaccine for Mumps Outbreak Control – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Third Dose of MMR Vaccine to Reduce Risk of Mumps during Outbreaks? (free)
Commentary: Third dose of mumps vaccine could help stop outbreaks, researchers say – STAT (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and empirical treatment of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in adult neutropenic patients
6 Sep, 2017 | 18:36h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Management of febrile neutropaenia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Children With Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients: 2017 Update (free)
Study: Estimated economic impact of vaccinations in 73 low- and middle-income countries
4 Sep, 2017 | 21:40h | UTCEstimated economic impact of vaccinations in 73 low- and middle-income countries, 2001–2020 – Bulletin of the World Health Organization (free) (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)
Commentaries: Vaccines Save 20 Million Lives, $350 billion in Poor Countries since 2001 – Eshelman School of Pharmacy (free) AND Global vaccine program will save 20 million lives and $820 billion by 2020, research finds – International Business Times (free)
Study: Duration of protection of school-aged BCG vaccination
4 Sep, 2017 | 15:41h | UTCCommentaries: TB vaccine BCG effective for twice as long as previously thought – study – The Guardian (free) AND Lasting Merit Found in a Tuberculosis Vaccine Invented a Century Ago – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Zika virus: still no clear answers
4 Sep, 2017 | 15:38h | UTCZika virus: still no clear answers – The Globe and Mail (free) (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)
Study: A fast and frugal algorithm to strengthen diagnosis and treatment decisions for catheter-associated bacteriuria
4 Sep, 2017 | 14:36h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Brazil May Face a New Threat, This Time From Biting Midges
4 Sep, 2017 | 14:59h | UTCBrazil May Face a New Threat, This Time From Biting Midges – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related commentary: Oropouche virus could emerge and cause a public health problem – Agência Fapesp (free)
Molluscum contagiosum is best left to clear by itself
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:13h | UTCMolluscum contagiosum is best left to clear by itself – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Interventions for cutaneous molluscum contagiosum – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Clinicians should advise people with a healthy immune system to leave molluscum contagiosum to clear by itself” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Review article: hepatitis E—a concise review of virology, epidemiology, clinical presentation and therapy
31 Aug, 2017 | 16:44h | UTCReview article: hepatitis E—a concise review of virology, epidemiology, clinical presentation and therapy – Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (free)
Source: Medscape
Review: Chest CT Signs in Pulmonary Disease
31 Aug, 2017 | 15:19h | UTCChest CT Signs in Pulmonary Disease: A Pictorial Review – Chest (free)
Source: Critical Care Review Newsletter (free)
Cohort Study: Chronic cough postacute respiratory illness in children
30 Aug, 2017 | 20:12h | UTCChronic cough postacute respiratory illness in children: a cohort study – Archives of Disease in Childhood (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Kids often have a chronic cough after respiratory illness – Reuters (free)
Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) for HIV
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:09h | UTCNonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) for HIV – U.S. Pharmacist (free)
Source: Medscape
Systematic Review: Topical Antibiotics for Impetigo
29 Aug, 2017 | 15:01h | UTC
Study: Community-acquired Pneumonia Visualized on Computed Tomography but Not Chest X-Ray
29 Aug, 2017 | 14:54h | UTCCommunity-acquired Pneumonia Visualized on Computed Tomography but Not Chest X-Ray: Pathogens, Severity, and Clinical Outcomes – Chest (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club (free resource to find articles of interest)
“Adults hospitalized with CAP who had radiologic evidence of pneumonia on CT but not concurrent CXR had similar pathogens, disease severity, and outcomes compared with patients who had signs of pneumonia on CXR”.
What We Are Watching—Top Global Infectious Disease Threats
29 Aug, 2017 | 14:53h | UTCWhat We Are Watching—Top Global Infectious Disease Threats, 2013-2016: An Update from CDC’s Global Disease Detection Operations Center – Health Security (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Review: Malignant Otitis Externa: Diagnosis and Treatment
26 Aug, 2017 | 20:30h | UTCMalignant Otitis Externa: Diagnosis and Treatment – emDocs (free)
Review: Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally
26 Aug, 2017 | 20:03h | UTCRelated: A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention – STAT (free) CDC keeping a watchful eye on Candida auris – CIDRAP (free) AND CDC reports uptick in Candida auris cases – CIDRAP (free)
Review: Changing Definitions of Sepsis
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:01h | UTCChanging Definitions of Sepsis – Turkish Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (free)
Review: Infections causing central airway obstruction: role of bronchoscopy in diagnosis and management
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:39h | UTC