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A study conducted at Johns Hopkins Hospital found that three-quarters of patients evaluated were prescribed excess antibiotics at discharge, and durations were frequently longer than recommended, researchers reported last week in the American Journal of Infection Control.
A systematic review and meta-analysis today in Vaccine finds no link between COVID-19 vaccines and infertility in men or women.
Researchers at a Rome hospital analyzed 29 studies from China, Israel, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Canada, and the United States until Jun 8, 2022. Of the studies, 13.8% were deemed of poor quality, 58.6% were of moderate quality, and 27.6% were of good quality.
MSM should be advised that certain sexual practices and lifestyles put them at very high risk.
Of 219 unvaccinated long-COVID patients, 64% had a persistently impaired sense of smell.
Compared with booster recipients, the rate was 10.5 times higher in unvaccinated adults and 2.5 times higher in vaccinated but not boosted adults.
Another study reveals that some monkeypox patients develop significant neurological problems, including encephalitis, seizures, and confusion.
COVID vaccine boosters or third doses after an initial two-dose series are well tolerated in pregnant and lactating women, according to a large cohort study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
An audit-and-feedback intervention at a hospital in Israel was associated with improved compliance with guidelines for screening patients for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) and decline in CPE transmission, researchers reported today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The findings from 2 large clinical trials—one in the UK and one in Norway—discount the notion that vitamin D supplements protect against COVID-19 or other respiratory-tract infections.
"So one of the questions right now is if vaccination will be the optimal tool to curb the outbreak."
New research from Europe also provides more evidence for a sexual transmission route.
A quality-improvement (QI) program implemented at a children's healthcare system in Georgia was associated with improved antibiotic selection and duration for children with skin infections, researchers reported today in Pediatrics.
Researchers in Taiwan have discovered a new mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.3.7 subvariant that they suggest may be responsible for severe neurologic complications observed in young children on the island. Their study was published yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Next week the WHO will publish 6 policy briefs that outline steps governments can take to reduce transmission and save lives.
Also, a new study shows that, in two thirds of proctitis patients, there was no typical rash on presentation.
Among a cohort who never had COVID-19 but tested positive within 1 year after baseline, depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness, and concerns about infection were linked to a 33% to 50% increased risk of self-reported postinfection symptoms lasting at least 4 weeks, as well as functional impairment, finds a study published today in JAMA Psychiatry.
Today JAMA Network Open published a study showing a 1.8% COVID-19 infection rate among in-person attendees at a February 2022 Academic Surgical Congress conference in Florida in which 100% of participants were vaccinated and 92% were boosted.
A study of Veterans Health Administration data found that antibiotic prescribing was prevalent among a national cohort of persons living with dementia (PLWD), and inappropriate use appeared high, researchers reported late last week in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
An estimated 10.5 million lost parents or caregivers to COVID-19, with 7.5 million orphaned.
