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A phase 2 trial has shown that a 2-week course of triple antiviral therapy with interferon beta-1b plus lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin is safe and better at shortening COVID-19 viral shedding than lopinavir-ritonavir alone in patients with mild to moderate illness if started within 7 days of symptom onset.
A low-intensity, multifaceted stewardship intervention implemented at nursing homes was associated with improved antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections (UTIs), US researchers reported today in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Also, New York officials said 3 children have died from what might be a recently identified inflammatory complication.
The drug was not tied to lower rates of intubation or death in COVID-19 patients.
The WHO voices concern over increased domestic violence in nations under stay-at-home orders.
In a poll, almost two thirds of Americans say they fear it's too soon to reopen the economy.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News May 7
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and five other medical organizations are urging changes to a national set of care measures for sepsis patients, with the aim of reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in patients who may not need them.
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chad, and Niger have reported new polio cases—14 in all—according to this week's Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) update.
A study yesterday in JAMA Network Open is the first to demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is detectable in the semen of recovered and actively infected men, but it does not prove that the virus can be sexually transmitted.
Continued spread in Africa could prolong the outbreak and overwhelm hospitals.
Also, new models predict a spike in cases in late May after states reopen from lockdowns.
Several patients had deep vein thrombosis, suggesting the virus may cause abnormal blood clotting.
A systematic review published yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases underscores the importance of precautions to minimize the risk of transmitting Ebola via breastfeeding.
Resources may be especially taxed in some US cities with vulnerable populations.
WHO officials urge nations to take extra care in relaxing their distancing measures.
A modest lockdown could add 1.8 million TB cases and 342,000 deaths globally over 5 years.
COVID-19 "has created the greatest financial crisis in history for hospitals and health systems."
In a study today in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, US and Colombian researchers report that nearly one-third of the pediatric invasive Candida bloodstream infections (BSIs) analyzed at two Colombian pediatric hospitals were caused by Candida auris.
A study published today in Pediatrics shows Chinese children who contracted COVID-19 often presented with co-infections of other respiratory viruses.
