Less than 3% of patients tested for a bacterial STI in nearly a dozen EDs were also tested for HIV, demonstrating widespread nonadherence to a CDC recommendation, according to a study presented at IDWeek.
About 2.1% of antibiotic prescriptions over the study period were connected to RSV diagnoses, especially in seniors and infants.
Officials said the virus is highly infectious in households with close contact, so the illnesses weren’t unexpected.
The report also spotlights the urgency of vaccines for pathogens such as group A Streptococcus and Klebsiella pneumoniae, which are increasingly resistant to antimicrobials.
Among physicians in Washington state, high prescribers of opioids were 2.9 times more likely to be high prescribers of antibiotics, and vice versa.
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A systematic review and meta-analysis found a that a “substantial” proportion of infants younger than 3 months in low-resource countries…
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 Levels of mistrust in the science behind COVID-19 vaccines have hovered at about 35% for the past 3 years among…
The 2024 GOLD International COPD Conference will be held Nov. 11 and 12 in Philadelphia and online, featuring presentations from various speakers on important topics…
PHILADELPHIA — Risankizumab outperformed placebo in endoscopic improvement and remission through 52 weeks of maintenance therapy in moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis, regardless of…
BOSTON — A multimodal fusion model outperformed transthoracic echocardiography in identifying pulmonary hypertension, according to a study presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.This model could…
Ex-smokers with a light lifetime smoking burden had a CVD risk shortly after quitting similar to those who have never smoked, results from a cohort…
