First-in-Class Antibiotic Effective Against Urogenital Gonorrhea
(MedPage Today) -- Gepotidacin, an investigational antibiotic, proved noninferior to dual therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea, according to results of the phase III EAGLE-1 trial.
The microbiological success rate was... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 30, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Carbapenems Sometimes Overused for Drug-Resistant Enterobacterales Infections
(MedPage Today) -- Broad spectrum carbapenems were the most commonly used therapy for targeted treatment of extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant (ECR) Enterobacterales infections in U.S. hospitals, according to a retrospective cohort study... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 30, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uveitis History Linked to Recurrence After COVID Vaccination
(MedPage Today) -- People with a history of uveitis were more likely to experience recurrences of the potentially dangerous eye inflammation after vaccination against COVID-19, a retrospective population-based cohort study from South Korea found... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Long COVID Taste Loss May Not Involve Taste Buds
(MedPage Today) -- Taste dysfunction was gone 1 year after exposure to COVID-19, but smell loss remained for some people, a national cross-sectional study showed.
Empirically measured taste function didn't differ between individuals who had acute... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 24, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Herpes B: A Hidden Menace in Monkeys
(MedPage Today) -- Picture this scene: someone in a tropical country wants to see monkeys living wild -- sitting in groups, standing, playing, swinging through trees. Then, in a flash, one free-roaming primate leaps and draws near, perhaps hoping... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Does Evidence Fully Support Antibiotic Use for Acute Sinusitis in Kids?
(MedPage Today) -- Use of antibiotics for acute sinusitis in children reduces treatment failures, a meta-analysis showed, but the results may also support initial observation given the natural history of the condition, according to the study authors... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 22, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Trials Identify Better Way to Select Antibiotics for UTIs, Pneumonia in Inpatients
(MedPage Today) -- Algorithm-driven prompts with patient-specific estimates about their risk of having a multidrug-resistant infection significantly reduced the use of empiric extended-spectrum antibiotics in adults hospitalized for urinary tract... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
'Sluggish' Hospital Uptake of Newer Antibiotics for Gram-Negative Infections
(MedPage Today) -- Hospital uptake of newer antibiotics to treat multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria was low over a 5-year period, according to a retrospective cohort study.
Fully 41.5% of episodes of difficult-to-treat resistant (DTR... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Antipsychotics in Dementia Tied to Wider Range of 'Serious Harms'
(MedPage Today) -- Use of antipsychotics in dementia patients was associated with an increased risk for a wider range of adverse outcomes than previously acknowledged, a population-based matched cohort study from the U.K. showed.
In the analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Oral Antibiotics Alone Miss the Mark for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis
(MedPage Today) -- For patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, the noninferiority of oral antibiotics alone compared with a combination of intravenous and oral antibiotics could not be demonstrated in a secondary analysis of the phase III... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Only One Harm From mRNA COVID Vaccines, Report Determines
(MedPage Today) -- Independent reviewers confirmed a causal relationship between the first mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis, and also determined that, more broadly, intramuscular shots can cause a series of shoulder injuries.
At the same... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 16, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Monica Bertagnolli: U.S. 'Ready' for Next Pandemic Threat
(MedPage Today) -- In part two of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Monica Bertagnolli, MD, the 17th director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about the day-to-day work at the... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Growing Eye Mass Leads to a Rare Diagnosis
(MedPage Today) -- Tropical parasitic disease is often asymptomatic, but beware of unexplained ocular symptoms (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Dramatic Rise in U.S. Measles Cases Threatens Elimination Status, CDC Says
(MedPage Today) -- A dramatic increase in measles cases reported in the first few months of 2024 threatens the elimination status of the disease in the U.S., a new CDC report found.
Of 338 measles cases reported to the CDC from Jan. 1, 2020 through... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 11, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Apnea Tied to Non-Invasive Ventilation in Hospitalized COVID Patients
(MedPage Today) -- In hospitalized veterans with COVID-19, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was associated with greater use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV), but booster vaccination reduced this risk, a retrospective study found.
While univariate... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 10, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
