Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Review: Short and oral antimicrobial therapy for diabetic foot infection.
29 Mar, 2022 | 08:29h | UTC
Moderna to ask FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine in children 6 months to 6 years.
28 Mar, 2022 | 10:01h | UTCModerna to ask FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine in children 6 months to 6 years – STAT
Riding the Twitter wave: Enthusiasm for the social media platform changed science communication during the pandemic—but will it last?
28 Mar, 2022 | 09:56h | UTCRelated:
Perspective: How Twitter is Changing Medical Research
Keeping Up With Cardiology: Old-School Learning Versus the Twittersphere – TCTMD
Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops? – Facets
Rise of the Tweetorial – Precious Bodily Fluids
Social Medicine: Twitter in Healthcare – Journal of Clinical Medicine
University of Twitter? Scientists give impromptu lecture critiquing nutrition research – CBC
What’s your doctor reading? How social media is disrupting medical education – National Post
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/onisillos/status/1507398283416768515
Cohort Study: SARS-CoV-2 co-infection with influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, or adenoviruses is associated with increased mortality.
28 Mar, 2022 | 10:03h | UTCCommentary: Patients with Covid and flu double the risk of dying, say scientists – The Guardian
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/kennethbaillie/status/1507501279181955076
Opinion: How we got herd immunity wrong.
28 Mar, 2022 | 09:50h | UTCHow we got herd immunity wrong – STAT
Canadian Tuberculosis Standards – 8th Edition.
28 Mar, 2022 | 09:46h | UTCChapter 1: Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Canada
Chapter 2: Transmission and pathogenesis of tuberculosis
Chapter 3: Diagnosis of tuberculosis disease and drug-resistant tuberculosis
Chapter 4: Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection
Chapter 5: Treatment of tuberculosis disease
Chapter 6: Tuberculosis preventive treatment in adults
Chapter 7: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
Chapter 8: Drug-resistant tuberculosis
Chapter 9: Pediatric tuberculosis
Chapter 10: Treatment of active tuberculosis in special populations
Chapter 11: Tuberculosis contact investigation and outbreak management
Chapter 13: Tuberculosis surveillance and tuberculosis infection testing and treatment in migrants
Chapter 14: Prevention and control of tuberculosis transmission in healthcare settings
Chapter 15: Monitoring tuberculosis program performance
The prevalence of penicillin allergy labeling ranged from 0.9% to 10.2% across practices in a large pediatric cohort, raising questions regarding the validity of those labels and the unnecessary use of second-line antibiotics that may follow.
28 Mar, 2022 | 09:48h | UTCM-A: Most patients with allergy to Penicillin can be given Cefazolin
Podcast: A Clinical Pharmacologist’s Perspective on Penicillin Allergy
Study: Development and Validation of a Penicillin Allergy Clinical Decision Rule
Consensus Recommendations: Management of a Surgical Patient with a Label of Penicillin Allergy
Practical Guide for Pharmacists to Successfully Implement Penicillin Allergy Skin Testing
NICE: Double Check Patients with ‘Penicillin Allergy’ to Avoid Increased MRSA Risk
Commentary on Twitter
In this cohort study of more than 330,000 children, less than 5% were labeled with penicillin allergy with wide variation across practices, with 8% of those labeled despite not receiving any penicillin prescription. https://t.co/kvXcm1RKRd
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) March 15, 2022
Retrospective Cohort: A population-based study in Sweden and Norway did not find an increased risk of pregnancy complications after COVID-19 vaccination.
28 Mar, 2022 | 09:51h | UTCAssociation of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination During Pregnancy With Pregnancy Outcomes – JAMA
See also: Association of COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy With Adverse Peripartum Outcomes – JAMA
Editorial: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines During Pregnancy: New Evidence to Help Address Vaccine Hesitancy – JAMA
News Release: No increase in pregnancy complications after COVID-19 vaccination – Karolinska Institutet
Systematic Review: Symptom‐ and chest‐radiography screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV‐negative adults and adults with unknown HIV status.
28 Mar, 2022 | 08:54h | UTC
First case of HIV cure in a woman after stem cell transplantation reported at CROI-2022.
28 Mar, 2022 | 08:46h | UTC
Cochrane Special Collection: Diagnosing tuberculosis.
25 Mar, 2022 | 09:57h | UTCDiagnosing tuberculosis – Cochrane Library
[Preprint] Vaccine effectiveness of two and three doses of Pfizer and CoronaVac against COVID-19 in Hong Kong.
25 Mar, 2022 | 09:43h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
New data from Hong Kong on Coronavac and Pfizer vaccines implicates lack of vaccination and boosters in people of advanced age, not type of vaccine, for extreme fatality rates.
2 doses: Coronavac less protective than Pfizer
3 doses: equivalent VEhttps://t.co/BSOGscPvmc pic.twitter.com/UZqYhN7zP5— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) March 23, 2022
[Preprint] Risk of death following SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination in young people in England: a self-controlled case series study.
25 Mar, 2022 | 09:47h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Pleased to share our study showing that there is no evidence of an increased risk of death in young people after COVID-19 vaccination in England
Great collaboration with @kamleshkhunti @amibanerjee1 and others not on twitter!https://t.co/EV4xmDWeyB pic.twitter.com/VQy2PtCxeC
— Vahé Nafilyan (@Vnafilyan) March 24, 2022
[Preprint] RCT: Vitamin D supplements did not prevent Covid-19 or other acute respiratory infections.
25 Mar, 2022 | 09:49h | UTCRelated:
RCT: Vitamin D3 does not improve outcomes in hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID-19
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/KarlPfleger/status/1506871284214337543
Did the COVID lockdowns work? Here’s what we know two years on.
25 Mar, 2022 | 09:44h | UTCDid the COVID lockdowns work? Here’s what we know two years on – The Conversation
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M-A: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia mortality.
25 Mar, 2022 | 08:36h | UTC
M-A: Tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive inpatients.
25 Mar, 2022 | 08:35h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/CarlosdelRio7/status/1506893108864335872
RCT: Single-dose Liposomal Amphotericin B treatment for Cryptococcal Meningitis.
24 Mar, 2022 | 09:56h | UTCSingle-Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B Treatment for Cryptococcal Meningitis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
Cryptococcal meningitis is a major complication of HIV infection. Single-dose liposomal amphotericin B combined with flucytosine and fluconazole was noninferior to the WHO-recommended treatment and was associated with fewer adverse events. https://t.co/cg9DqSDhyN pic.twitter.com/SrKx4tDaph
— NEJM (@NEJM) March 23, 2022
Test-negative, case-control study: effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 in adolescents.
24 Mar, 2022 | 09:44h | UTCEffectiveness of BNT162b2 against COVID-19 in adolescents – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Commentary on Twitter
Our paper on #COVID19 vaccine effectiveness in teenagers (12-17y) is published @TheLancetInfDis. Rapid waning of protection against symptomatic disease, esp with omicron. Vaccines did reduce delta hospitalisations but too early to assess omicron effects
— Shamez Ladhani (@ShamezLadhani) March 23, 2022
RCT: Safety and efficacy of a third dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine during the Delta wave.
24 Mar, 2022 | 09:46h | UTCSafety and Efficacy of a Third Dose of BNT162b2 Covid-19 Vaccine – New England Journal of Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
A third dose of the BNT162b2 vaccine administered a median of 10.8 months after the second dose provided 95.3% efficacy against Covid-19 as compared with two doses. #COVID19 #IDTwitter https://t.co/IeHOgVhU8a pic.twitter.com/wValXSdyHX
— NEJM (@NEJM) March 23, 2022
Systematic Review: Effectiveness and safety of pulse oximetry in remote patient monitoring of patients with COVID-19.
24 Mar, 2022 | 08:53h | UTCCommentaries:
Simple home oxygen monitors signal when to seek COVID care – CIDRAP
RCT: Awake prone positioning did not improve outcomes in patients with moderate hypoxemia due to covid-19.
24 Mar, 2022 | 09:48h | UTCEditorial: Awake prone positioning for patients with covid-19
News Release: Lying prone long enough to improve outcomes is difficult for many covid-19 patients – BMJ
RCT: High dose Rifampicin with or without Levofloxacin vs. standard of care for pediatric tuberculous meningitis.
24 Mar, 2022 | 08:12h | UTC
Oxford Covid jab gears up for final act: saving the rest of the world.
23 Mar, 2022 | 10:35h | UTCOxford Covid jab gears up for final act: saving the rest of the world – The Guardian
WHO releases clinical management guidelines for influenza.
23 Mar, 2022 | 10:41h | UTCNews Release: WHO releases clinical management guidelines for influenza – World Health Organization
Original Report: Guidelines for the clinical management of severe illness from influenza virus infections – World Health Organization