Enhanced peer-group strategies to support the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission
1. In a randomized control trial of women with HIV, both treatment groups had similar adherence to prevention of mother-to-child ...
Tag: infectious diseases
2 Minute Medicine Rewind April 22, 2024
Postpartum breast cancer and survival in women with germline BRCA pathogenic variants 1. A cohort study focusing on the survival ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind April 1, 2024
Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity and Mortality Among Older People 1. In this secondary analysis of the Rotterdam study, older adults ...
Vancomycin/tobramycin local antibiotic powder may reduce the incidence of orthopedic surgical site infections
1. This retrospective cohort study found that in one surgeon’s practice, administration of vancomycin/tobramycin local antibiotic powder (LAP) after open ...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may improve outcomes for necrotizing soft tissue infections
1. This retrospective cohort study found that the addition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to surgery in patients with necrotizing ...
Early de-escalation from intravenous to oral antibiotics may be appropriate for uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia
1. In this cohort study, patients with uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia who were switched from intravenous (IV) to oral antibiotics demonstrated ...
Low eosinophil counts associated with increased acute bacterial infection risk in older adults
1. This prospective study found that low eosinophil counts (< .01 g/L) were significantly associated with acute bacterial infection in ...
Point-of-care polymerase chain reaction may help guide antibiotic choice for pneumonia treatment
1. In this superiority, parallel-group, open-label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (RCT), point-of-care (POC) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing resulted in ...
Probiotics not effective in decreasing incidence of acute otitis media in children
1. This randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial found that the daily use of Streptococcus salivarius K12 probiotics did not decrease the ...
Oral lipid nanocrystal amphotericin B may be effective for cryptococcal meningitis
1. This randomized clinical trial found that an oral lipid nanocrystal (LNC) formulation of amphotericin B was no less effective ...
