Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Antimicrobial therapies for preventing recurrent acute exacerbations of COPD: beyond the guidelines.
17 Mar, 2022 | 08:12h | UTC
Review: Role of imaging in rare COVID-19 vaccine multiorgan complications.
16 Mar, 2022 | 10:00h | UTCRole of imaging in rare COVID-19 vaccine multiorgan complications – Insights into Imaging
Review: Persistent COVID and a return to sport.
16 Mar, 2022 | 09:51h | UTCPersistent COVID and a Return to Sport – Current Sports Medicine Reports
Quantitative chest CT assessment of small airways disease in post-acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.
16 Mar, 2022 | 09:53h | UTCNews Release: ‘Long COVID’ linked to lasting airways disease – Radiological Society of North America
BSH guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of malaria.
16 Mar, 2022 | 09:47h | UTC
Four priority actions to slow the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance.
16 Mar, 2022 | 09:42h | UTCFour Priority Actions to Slow the Silent Pandemic of Antimicrobial Resistance – Health Policy Watch
Related:
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis.
Cohort Study: TNF inhibitors increase the risk of nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis in a mycobacterium tuberculosis endemic area.
16 Mar, 2022 | 08:44h | UTC
How to: Clostridioides difficile infection in children.
16 Mar, 2022 | 08:39h | UTCHow to: Clostridioides difficile infection in children – Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Most antibiotic prophylaxis prescriptions prior to dental visits are inconsistent with guidelines.
16 Mar, 2022 | 08:33h | UTCAntibiotic prophylaxis prescriptions prior to dental visits in the Veterans’ Health Administration (VHA), 2015–2019 – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Most antibiotics prescribed for dental visits inconsistent with guidelines, study finds – Healio (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
New in @ICHEJournal from @SUDAmonas et al:
➡️ Five out of six antibiotics prescribed for dental infection prophylaxis in VA were inconsistent with guidelines. Improving prophylaxis appropriateness may have large implications for stewardship.
📄: https://t.co/HTTO9eaYo5 pic.twitter.com/Ay9zgJIqml
— Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (@ICHEJournal) February 23, 2022
M-A: Intraoperative redosing of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in addition to preoperative prophylaxis vs. single-dose prophylaxis for the prevention of surgical site infection.
16 Mar, 2022 | 08:34h | UTC
[Preprint] High vaccine effectiveness against severe Covid-19 in the elderly in Finland before and after the emergence of Omicron.
15 Mar, 2022 | 09:59h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
The acid test for Covid vaccines are protection of the elderly. New data from ~900,000 Finns age 70+ show how 3 shots achieved 96% effectiveness vs hospitalization, before and after Omicron, and even higher vs ICU need https://t.co/TQOQV4SL9a Spikevax=Moderna; Comirnaty=Pfizer pic.twitter.com/mtUCqne1dT
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) March 14, 2022
COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries.
15 Mar, 2022 | 10:02h | UTCCOVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries – Nature
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in COVID-19 patients: a pocket guide for radiologists.
15 Mar, 2022 | 09:51h | UTC
Caring for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
15 Mar, 2022 | 09:48h | UTCCaring for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic – Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Retrospective Cohort: Asthma in children and adolescents is not associated with increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:55h | UTCAsthma and the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics
Commentary: Kids with asthma not at higher risk of COVID-19, study finds – CIDRAP
Related:
We expected people with asthma to fare worse during COVID. Turns out they’ve had a break.
Asthma in COVID-19 hospitalizations: An overestimated risk factor?
Two years later, coronavirus evolution still surprises experts. Here’s why.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:52h | UTCTwo years later, coronavirus evolution still surprises experts. Here’s why. – National Geographic
‘We suppressed our scientific imagination’: four experts examine the big successes and failures of the COVID response so far.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:47h | UTC
Single-center RCT: Accessible Hepatitis C care for people who inject drugs.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:36h | UTCAccessible Hepatitis C Care for People Who Inject Drugs: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
This randomized clinical trial found that the accessible care model provides a framework for developing treatment programs geared toward engaging, treating, and curing hepatitis C virus infection in people who inject drugs. https://t.co/zauS1gtPgO
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) March 14, 2022
M-A: Similar outcomes with Beta-lactam monotherapy vs. combination therapy for bloodstream infections or pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:29h | UTCBeta-lactam monotherapy or combination therapy for bloodstream infections or pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a meta-analysis – International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Effectiveness of contact tracing in the control of infectious diseases: a systematic review.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:45h | UTC
The changing epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:37h | UTCThe changing epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 – Science
Duration of effectiveness of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease: results of a systematic review and meta-regression.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:44h | UTCCommentaries:
Waning of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness: individual and public health risk – The Lancet
Stopping pandemics before they start: Lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:38h | UTCStopping pandemics before they start: Lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2 – Science
Review: Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:34h | UTCPost-acute COVID-19 syndrome – European Respiratory Journal
Related:
ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.
ERS statement on Long COVID-19 follow-up.
Proposed subtypes of long-Covid and their respective potential therapies.
EuGMS Guidance: Management of post-acute COVID-19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation.
Addressing Post-COVID Symptoms: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians.
Update to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Caring for the ‘long-haulers’.
Systematic Review: Short-term and long-term rates of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
WHO Consensus: A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition (Long Covid).
Characterizing long COVID: a living systematic review.
Long Covid – The illness narratives.
New guidelines to help doctors manage long COVID patients published.
M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19. (several articles on the subject)
Systematic Review: Point‐of‐care viral load tests to detect high HIV viral load in people living with HIV/AIDS attending health facilities.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:19h | UTC