Antiviral Oseltamivir Reduces Mortality Risk in Older Adults Hospitalized with Influenza: Study Dr. Shravani Dali11 Feb 2025 9:00 AM ISTAccording to a Canadian study published today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, adults aged 65 and older experienced a significant reduction in...
Switch to Oral Antibiotics effective and Reduces Hospital Stays for Bone and Joint Infections, Study Finds Medha Baranwal30 Nov 2024 8:00 AM ISTUSA: A recent study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases found that treating patients with bone and joint infections using oral antibiotics...
Study Reveals High Rates of UTIs and SSIs Following Gender-Affirming Vaginoplasty Medha Baranwal15 Nov 2024 8:30 PM ISTUSA: A recent study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases revealed that urinary tract infections (UTIs) and surgical site infections (SSIs) are...
Hospitalized patients with RSV infections are at higher risk of mortality, finds study Jacinthlyn Sylvia21 Oct 2024 8:00 AM ISTA new study published in the journal of Open Forum Infectious Diseases showed that older adults hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)...
Azithromycin Addition to TMP-SMX Fails to Reduce Malaria and STI Risk in Pregnant Women with HIV: Study Dr Riya Dave29 May 2024 8:45 PM ISTResearchers have found that adding azithromycin (AZ) to the standard daily trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) prophylaxis does not reduce the...
Xpert Ultra important tool for rapid diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis Jacinthlyn Sylvia18 Dec 2023 11:00 AM ISTA recent study revealed promising outcomes for Xpert Ultra, a non-invasive approach in enhancing spinal tuberculosis (STB) diagnosis. The key findings...
Procalcitonin Testing flops in reducing Antibiotic Duration for treating Respiratory Infections Dr.Niharika Harsha B2 Dec 2023 9:30 AM ISTIn a significant stride towards understanding the practical implications of procalcitonin-guided strategies for lower respiratory tract infections...
Risk of CDI with first-generation cephalosporins substantially lower than most later-generation cephalosporins Jacinthlyn Sylvia4 Sept 2023 9:45 AM ISTA recent study found the complex relationship between antibiotics and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), highlighting significant variations in...
Visceral Adiposity Index Linked to Cardiovascular Risk in People with HIV Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 Aug 2023 10:45 AM ISTCardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in people with well-managed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is twice as high as in the general population....
Cefazolin beneficial for infection prevention after total joint arthroplasty in patients allergic to beta-lactams Dr.Niharika Harsha B23 May 2023 8:00 PM ISTNew research revealed that the use of cefazolin as a perioperative antibiotic for infection prevention in total joint arthroplasty in individuals...
Antibiotic prophylaxis lowers organ transplant associated-mortality rate Jacinthlyn Sylvia17 May 2023 8:00 PM ISTAlmost 10% of solid organ transplant recipients (SOTr) may experience low mortality in the first year following transplantation due to bacteremia,...
High percentage of uncomplicated UTIs not susceptible to initial treatment Dr. Shravani Dali19 Dec 2022 9:30 AM ISTA high percentage of uncomplicated UTIs are not susceptible to initial treatment suggests a recent study published in the Open Forum Infectious...
