Rotavirus vaccination may also protect children against seizures
A new study suggests an additional—and somewhat surprising—potential benefit of vaccinating children against rotavirus, a common cause of diarrhea and vomiting. Besides protecting kids from intestinal...
View ArticleRisk of HIV treatment failure present even in those with low viral load
People with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) run a higher risk of virologic failure than previously thought, even when their number of RNA copies of the retrovirus per millilitre of blood is slightly...
View ArticlePediatric infectious disease chief authors new vaccination guideline for...
A new guideline released Thursday by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) notes that most people with compromised immune systems are especially vulnerable to illness and should receive the...
View ArticleBCG vaccine more effective than previously thought
The BCG vaccine has been found to be more effective against the most common form of tuberculosis than previously thought, according to a new study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
View ArticleStudy finds daily antibiotics most effective in preventing recurrent urinary...
While daily antibiotic use is the most effective method for preventing recurrent urinary tract infections in women, daily cranberry pills, daily estrogen therapy and monthly acupuncture treatments also...
View ArticleSimple lab-based change may help reduce unnecessary antibiotic therapy,...
A simple change in how the hospital laboratory reports test results may help improve antibiotic prescribing practices and patient safety, according to a pilot, proof-of-concept study published in...
View ArticleStroke risk higher after shingles, but antiviral drugs may provide protection
Patients' risk of stroke significantly increased following the first signs of shingles, but antiviral drugs appeared to offer some protection, according to a new study in Clinical Infectious Diseases,...
View ArticleUse of frozen material for fecal transplant successfully treats C. difficile...
A pilot study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may lead to greater availability and acceptability of an unusual treatment for a serious medical problem – use of fecal material from...
View ArticleDrinking poses greater risk for advanced liver disease in HIV/hep C patients
Consumption of alcohol has long been associated with an increased risk of advanced liver fibrosis, but a new study published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases from researchers at Penn Medicine and...
View ArticleFindings suggest antivirals underprescribed for patients at risk for flu...
Patients likely to benefit the most from antiviral therapy for influenza were prescribed these drugs infrequently during the 2012-2013 influenza season, while antibiotics may have been overprescribed....
View Article'Breath test' shows promise for diagnosing fungal pneumonia
Many different microbes can cause pneumonia, and treatment may be delayed or off target if doctors cannot tell which bug is the culprit. A novel approach—analyzing a patient's breath for key chemical...
View ArticleHIV-infected adults diagnosed with age-related diseases at similar ages as...
New research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that HIV-infected adults are at a higher risk for developing heart attacks, kidney failure and cancer. But, contrary to...
View ArticleMed student finds link between weight gain after HIV treatment and mortality
Bianca Yuh, a third-year student at Yale School of Medicine, spent last summer working on her thesis with the Veterans Aging Cohort Study, a key source of data on HIV-infected veterans. She was...
View ArticleHarmless bacteria may be helpful against meningococcal outbreaks
Nasal drops of harmless bacteria can inhibit a related bug that sometimes causes meningococcal disease, according to new findings published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study—conducted...
View ArticleHuman immune system can control re-awakened HIV, suggesting 'kick and kill'...
The human immune system can handle large bursts of HIV activity and so it should be possible to cure HIV with a 'kick and kill' strategy, finds new research led by UCL, the University of Oxford and the...
View ArticleRising antibiotic shortages raise concerns about patient care
Shortages of key antibiotics, including gold-standard therapies and drugs used to treat highly resistant infections, are on the rise, according to a new study of shortages from 2001 to 2013 published...
View ArticleViruses responsible for 50 percent of gastroenteritis cases can spread by air
Noroviruses, a group of viruses responsible for over 50% of global gastroenteritis cases, can spread by air up to several meters from an infected person according to a new study by Université Laval...
View ArticlePhysicians can play key role in preventing foodborne illness
Food safety awareness is key to understanding the food safety issues on the horizon, and clinicians at hospitals and doctors' offices play a key role in ensuring consumers are aware of the threats of...
View ArticleDysfunctional chemokine receptor promotes candidiasis
Candida albicans is one of the leading causes of hospital-acquired infections in immune compromised patients. The risk of both developing candidiasis and the clinical outcome of infection is variable...
View ArticleFirst estimates of newborns needing treatment for bacterial infection show...
Nearly 7 million babies in the first month of life (neonates) required treatment for severe bacterial infection in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America in 2012, according to a new study...
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