Diseases and Treatment
What You Need to Know About 3 Rare Infectious Eye Diseases
For the month of February 2024, Infection Control Today and Contagion are collaborating on rare infectious diseases for Rare Disease Awareness Month, examining both old and...
Doxy-PEP to Prevent Bacterial STIs: Proceed But with Caution
Bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis continue to occur at an alarming rate with an estimated 370 million annually...
Global Access to Hepatitis C Treatments
A study published in The Lancet discusses access to reimbursement for direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) is globally uneven, with low and middle-income countries (LMICs)...
Adapting to Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Neisseria Meningitidis with New Prophylaxis Strategies
Amid concerns over ciprofloxacin-resistant N. meningitidis strains, public health authorities are urged to adopt alternative antimicrobial agents for prophylaxis in specific scenarios indicative...
Increase in Incidence Rates of STIs in Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Caption: New Africa, Adobe StockThis article first appeared on our sister site, Contemporary OB/GYN.In the United States, nearly 1 in 4 female adolescents...
Investigational Antibiotic Outperforms Meropenem in Treating Complicated UTI
Image Credit: Valiantsin, Adobe Stock This article appeared originally on our sister site, Contemporary OB/GYN.The investigational antibiotic, Cefepimeâtaniborbactam, demonstrated greater efficacy for complicated...