Investigators say switching to oral antibiotic therapy in patients with low risk of complications could simplify treatment and allow for earlier discharge.
October flu vaccinations were greater in children with October births compared with other birth months, with 49% of those born in October also vaccinated in October.
Researchers say preoperative urine cultures provide little value and lead to unnecessary and potentially harmful antibiotic use.
Clinical trial and real-world data indicate the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine candidate V116 covers the serotypes responsible for most pneumococcal disease in older adults.
Of those who had long COVID, 61% had been hospitalized after contracting the virus.
The bats were tested as part of the response to a Nipah virus outbreak in Kozhikode district, where spillovers have been reported before.
Data from a hospital safety group show that over 85% of US hospitals have cut the rates of hospital-acquired infections in the last year.
The vaccine is the first of its kind against chikungunya, a high-burden disease that is spreading to new areas.
Eleven organizations agreed to adopt principles aimed at reducing the need for antimicrobials on farms.
The study also recovered C difficile spores from patient gowns and surgical scrubs, suggesting those items could be vectors for hospital transmission.
If approved, the product would be the first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine specifically designed for adults.
Full or partial adherence to all 7 CDC core elements was reported in only 29% of the hospitals, and 24% had at least 2 deficient core elements.
Amoxicillin and clindamycin were the most prevalent antibiotics prescribed (63% and 14%, respectively).
A small study in patients with post-COVID syndrome has found that hyperbaric oxygen therapy promotes restoration of the heart's ability to contract properly.
A recent cluster of 40 cases in Chicago suggests that vaccine protection may wane over time, but vaccinated patients do well recovering at home.
Nineteen of 50 swimmers experienced diarrhea beginning 3 days after their return from a training trip to Puerto Rico.
As many as 92% of workers expressed psychological burden over possible infection during work, and many were concerned about infecting family members.
Of 22 patients interviewed, 15 said they ate Papa Murphy's raw chocolate chip cookie dough or raw s'mores bars dough.
All isolates were resistant to at least one antibiotic, with the vast majority of Salmonella and Shigella isolates resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
The bivalent booster marshaled a robust antibody response against the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants but not against the more recently emerged variants.
The monthly proportion of hospitalizations tied to psychological issues spiked after the emergence of COVID-19 in the US but not in France.
The pact will help lower the cost of two shorter treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis, broadening access.
