Diseases and Treatment
Considerations for Antimicrobial Stewardship While Optimizing Therapy for a Patient With HIV
HIV is longterm, progressive illness that progressively compromises the immune system, making the body vulnerable to a wide range of opportunistic infections and...
Community Acquired Pneumonia Often Inappropriately Diagnosed in Hospital Admissions
Diagnoses of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospital admissions were often incorrect, particularly in elderly patients with dementia or altered mental status, in...
Avian Flu Reported in First American This Year
Yesterday, the first human case of avian influenza A (H5N1 this year) in the United States was reported by the Texas Department of...
COVID-19 Vaccination Associated with Reduced Risks of Thromboembolic, Cardiovascular Complications
One of the ongoing concerns of COVID-19 vaccines has been reports around thromboembolic and cardiovascular events. There have been reports of blood clots...
Effectiveness of Clostridioides Difficile (CDI) Infection Prevention Strategies in Acute Care
The study assesses the effectiveness of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Framework for Preventing Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in Acute...
Hepatitis C Virus: Task Shifting and Screening
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related mortalities have decreased in recent years with the advent of highly eff ective antiviral therapies, but the incidence of...