The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new case of MERS-CoV in Bisha, the third within the last week.
A 67-year-old Saudi woman is in stable condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. Her source of infection is listed as "primary," meaning it's unlikely she contracted the virus from another person.
Fever, crackling in the lungs, high pulse, and low blood oxygen may be predictive.
More than two thirds of adult hospital patients are on the drugs longer than needed.
Using just 1 drug instead of 2 could go a long way in curbing azithromycin use.
Influenza is finally on the decline in Australia, according to yesterday's global flu update from the World Health Organization (WHO). Influenza A, H3N2, remained the dominant circulating strain, followed by influenza B.
A review finds the biomarker cut mortality and antibiotic exposure in patients with acute respiratory infections.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today said it has received word of an attack at medical facilities in Syria that destroyed the only vaccines cold room in a district where several polio cases have been reported over the past several months.
Only 54% of US workers with asthma had received the recommended pneumococcal vaccine.
Researchers at the University of Washington report in Clinical Infectious Diseases that a subclone of the emerging global pathogen Escherichia coli sequence type (ST) 131 is not as prevalent in children as adults but is nearly as dominant in drug-resistant E coli infections in children.
Molecular respiratory viral testing had minimal impact on reducing antibiotic utilization among viral pneumonia patients, according to a study yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
