Promising clinical trial results could give doctors a new tool against...
Tulane University researchers have developed a new drug that is effective against non-severe cases of malaria, according to results from an FDA-supervised clinical trial published in the latest issue...
View ArticleReported penicillin allergy appears to increase the risk of surgical site...
A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators found that surgical patients believed to be allergic to penicillin were significantly more likely to develop surgical site infections than...
View ArticleResearchers define burden of Hepatitis in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hepatitis C virus is a curable infectious disease, but treatment remains unavailable in resource-limited settings like the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC Ministry of Health asked the...
View ArticleIDSA Infectious Diarrhea guidelines recommend when to test, when to treat
New culture-independent tests are much more sensitive than traditional diagnostic methods in detecting the cause of infectious diarrhea, a significant problem that leads to nearly 500,000...
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