Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Review: Climate change and cascading risks from infectious disease.
26 May, 2022 | 10:08h | UTCClimate Change and Cascading Risks from Infectious Disease – Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Commentary on Twitter
Climate change is adversely affecting the burden of infectious disease throughout the world, which is a health security threat
Fantastic 🆕💥💥Review @InfectDis_Ther
Climate Change and Cascading Risks from Infectious Disease #IDTwitter #MedEd #TwitteRx https://t.co/eU85fOZzN0 pic.twitter.com/T6VKXe1dCP— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) May 20, 2022
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Effectiveness of CoronaVac in children 3 to 5 years during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron outbreak in Chile.
25 May, 2022 | 11:42h | UTC
RCT: Baricitinib vs. dexamethasone for adults hospitalized with COVID-19.
25 May, 2022 | 11:38h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
💥Just Out
ACTT-4 Trial👉First Double Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Randomized-Stratified Head-to-Head#DEXAMETHASONE vs #BARICITINIB for hospitalized pts w/#COVID19 Low/High-Flow/NIV
Relevant👉Patient Care/Public Health/Guidelines
Our results
👇https://t.co/4Tmue7HK7V
🧵1/4 pic.twitter.com/aF1Y7BAdu3— Andre Kalil, MD MPH (@DrAndreKalil) May 24, 2022
Short term, relative effectiveness of four doses versus three doses of BNT162b2 vaccine in people aged 60 years and older in Israel: retrospective, test negative, case-control study.
25 May, 2022 | 11:34h | UTCRelated recommendations:
Systematic Review: Xpert MTB/XDR for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis and resistance to isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, ethionamide, and amikacin.
25 May, 2022 | 10:46h | UTCSummary: Xpert MTB/XDR, a rapid test for resistance to tuberculosis drugs – Cochrane Library
Modeling Study: 20% of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases in children could be averted by household testing and treatment.
25 May, 2022 | 10:44h | UTCInvited Commentary: Investing in drug-resistant tuberculosis household contact management and preventive treatment – The Lancet Global Health
WHO Interim Guidance: Laboratory testing for the Monkeypox.
24 May, 2022 | 10:51h | UTCLaboratory testing for the monkeypox virus: Interim guidance – World Health Organization
Related:
Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for Monkeypox – World Health Organization
A Novel International Monkeypox Outbreak – Annals of Internal Medicine
EU health agency warns monkeypox could become endemic in Europe if outbreak continues – STAT
Monkeypox cases increase across Europe, North America – CIDRAP
Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries – World Health Organization
Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert – Nature
Monkeypox: What do we know about the outbreaks in Europe and North America? – The BMJ
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – STAT
Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? – BBC
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
Epidemiologist and health security expert says clinicians should prepare for Monkeypox.
24 May, 2022 | 10:49h | UTCNews Release: Epidemiologist and health security expert says clinicians should prepare for monkeypox – American College of Physicians
Original Article: A Novel International Monkeypox Outbreak – Annals of Internal Medicine
Related:
Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for Monkeypox – World Health Organization
Laboratory testing for the monkeypox virus: Interim guidance – World Health Organization
EU health agency warns monkeypox could become endemic in Europe if outbreak continues – STAT
Monkeypox cases increase across Europe, North America – CIDRAP
Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries – World Health Organization
Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert – Nature
Monkeypox: What do we know about the outbreaks in Europe and North America? – The BMJ
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – STAT
Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? – BBC
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
WHO Interim Guidance: Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for Monkeypox.
24 May, 2022 | 10:53h | UTCSurveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for Monkeypox – World Health Organization
Related:
Laboratory testing for the monkeypox virus: Interim guidance – World Health Organization
A Novel International Monkeypox Outbreak – Annals of Internal Medicine
EU health agency warns monkeypox could become endemic in Europe if outbreak continues – STAT
Monkeypox cases increase across Europe, North America – CIDRAP
Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries – World Health Organization
Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert – Nature
Monkeypox: What do we know about the outbreaks in Europe and North America? – The BMJ
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – STAT
Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? – BBC
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
Cohort Study: Pneumococcal urinary antigen testing for antimicrobial guidance in community-acquired pneumonia.
24 May, 2022 | 07:36h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
🆕💥Large register-based cohort study
To evaluate the effect of pneumococcal urinary antigen test usage on broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment in CAP
Performing urinary antigen test has little effect on antibiotic therapy in pneumonia #IDTwitterhttps://t.co/Cxg9FDEUqk— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) May 23, 2022
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Breakthroughs in hepatitis C research: from discovery to cure.
24 May, 2022 | 07:27h | UTC
Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated events, and nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update.
23 May, 2022 | 01:58h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Just published 💥💥 @ICHEJournal @SHEA_Epi @IDSAInfo @APIC
Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated events, and nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update #IDTwitter https://t.co/fipGfkyHi6 pic.twitter.com/c88X5GL0d6— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) May 20, 2022
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NICE rapid guideline update on the management of Covid-19.
23 May, 2022 | 01:56h | UTCCOVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19 – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
RCT: Safety and immunogenicity of heterologous boost immunization with an orally administered aerosolized Ad5-nCoV after two-dose priming with an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in Chinese adults.
23 May, 2022 | 01:54h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Mix-and-match typically refers to different shots. Here's a randomized trial of shots and an oral vaccine that ameliorates the immune responsehttps://t.co/FFWHEwS37Y @LancetRespirMed pic.twitter.com/JZyvrxCalS
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 21, 2022
RCT: High-flow nasal oxygen is not beneficial for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and mild hypoxemia.
23 May, 2022 | 01:51h | UTC
What’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both?
23 May, 2022 | 01:48h | UTCWhat’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both? – Science
Related:
Puzzling pediatric hepatitis cases echo an earlier mysterious illness – STAT
Why COVID is a key suspect in severe hepatitis cases in kids worldwide – CBC
Hepatitis outbreak in children: What do we know so far? – Imperial College London
Explaining the unexplained hepatitis in children – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Unexplained hepatitis cases in kids rise to 348 in 20 nations – CIDRAP
Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children – World Health Organization
WHO says 12 countries have reported unusual cases of hepatitis in kids – STAT
Could Mysterious Hepatitis Cases be Triggered by COVID-19? – Health Policy Watch
U.S., U.K. investigating unusual cases of hepatitis in young children – STAT
Mysterious liver illness seen in kids in US, Europe – Associated Press
WHO: Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries.
23 May, 2022 | 01:46h | UTCMulti-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries – World Health Organization
Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert – Nature
Monkeypox: What do we know about the outbreaks in Europe and North America? – The BMJ
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – STAT
Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? – BBC
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
Commentary on Twitter
The WHO has started to report data on the monkeypox outbreak: https://t.co/e3Q23sllvX pic.twitter.com/3WKqj79eLy
— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 22, 2022
WHO validates 11th vaccine for COVID-19.
20 May, 2022 | 11:16h | UTCWHO validates 11th vaccine for COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter
WHO issued an emergency use listing for CONVIDECIA, a vaccine manufactured by CanSino Biologics, China, adding to a growing portfolio of #COVID19 vaccines validated by WHO https://t.co/QdpHiasT2p pic.twitter.com/2B54FwiNDl
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 19, 2022
Covid-19: Second boosters may benefit at-risk groups but have “minimal” impact for others, says WHO.
20 May, 2022 | 11:08h | UTCOriginal Statement: Interim statement on the use of additional booster doses of Emergency Use Listed mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Related recommendations:
COVID-19 evidence: a Cochrane round-up.
20 May, 2022 | 11:14h | UTCCOVID-19 evidence: a Cochrane round-up – Cochrane Library
Systematic Review: Thoracic imaging tests for the diagnosis of COVID‐19.
20 May, 2022 | 11:13h | UTCThoracic imaging tests for the diagnosis of COVID‐19 – Cochrane Library
Summary: How accurate is chest imaging for diagnosing COVID-19? – Cochrane Library
M-A: Antibiotic duration for community acquired pneumonia in outpatient children in high-income countries – treatment duration of 3–5 days is equally effective and safe vs. 7–10 days.
20 May, 2022 | 11:10h | UTCRelated:
Antibiotics for Pediatric Pneumonia: Might Less Be Enough? – Annals of Emergency Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
Antibiotic treatment duration for community acquired pneumonia in outpatient children in high-income countries – a systematic review and meta-analysis https://t.co/HxKywgCiXS
A short AB treatment of 3–5 days was equally effective and safe compared to the longer – 7–10 days— Dr. Alex 💊🩺🎮 (@DrAlexxx78) May 17, 2022
Cytomegalovirus blood reactivation in COVID-19 critically ill patients: risk factors and impact on mortality.
20 May, 2022 | 11:06h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
CMV reactivation in #COVID19 critically ill pts:
🦠frequent! >20% in this study
🧪risk depends on severity of illness/occurrence of secondary bacterial infections in #ICU
🏥 prolonged hospital stay & higher mortality but independent association lacking.
📎 https://t.co/N8JVD1GyPQ pic.twitter.com/KYRtLmxtJg— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) May 18, 2022
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases.
19 May, 2022 | 11:15h | UTCUK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
See also:
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
Commentary on Twitter
On the rare monkeypox outbreak in Europe!
Health officials have little clue where people caught the virus. And there's concern the virus may be spreading through the community – undetected – and possibly through a new route of transmission #IDTwitter https://t.co/KOQ8rM2nW9— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@ABsteward) May 18, 2022
Opinion | Does Paxlovid help people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Show us the data!
19 May, 2022 | 11:07h | UTCDoes Paxlovid help people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Show us the data! – STAT