Increased risk of low birth weight and adverse pregnancy outcomes among women living with HIV
1. In this cohort of women living with HIV (WLWH) in Rwanda, there was an increased risk of delivering a...
Infectious Disease
Reports of high-impact infectious disease studies by medical professionals
Post-operative pain scores may be a predictor of 30-day infectious and non-infectious post-operative complications
1. Higher Post-operative Day 1 (POD1) pain scores were independently associated with increased 30-day infectious and non-infectious complications. 2. Infectious...
Antiseizure medications do not reduce the risk of epilepsy in patients with brain abscess
1. In patients with a brain abscess, use of antiseizure medications (ASM) was not associated with a statistical difference in...
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio may be a useful marker of mortality in septic patients with liver cirrhosis
1. In septic patients with liver cirrhosis, the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR) ratio was positively correlated with all-cause mortality. Evidence Rating Level:...
Prophylactic vancomycin may reduce recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection but increases antimicrobial resistance
1. In this randomized clinical trial, oral vancomycin reduced the risk of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in participants with...
Psychiatric and physical comorbidities continue to be prevalent amongst Canadians living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Comorbidity prevalence and healthcare costs in people living with HIV compared with the general population: a 19-year retrospective cohort study...
Oral vancomycin may be effective for pouchitis in inflammatory bowel disease
1. In patients with pouchitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), the use of oral...
Fecal microbiota transplantation may be more effective than vancomycin in treating primary C. difficile infection
1. In this randomized controlled trial, a higher proportion of patients who underwent fecal microbiota transplantation achieved clinical cure of...
Anal cancer screening cost-effective for men who have sex with men with human immunodeficiency virus aged above 35 years
1. In this microsimulation model, initiation of anal cancer screening in men who have sex with men with human immunodeficiency...
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole during pregnancy does not reduce risk of prematurity
1. In this randomized controlled trial, prophylactic treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) was not associated with a reduction in the incidence...
