Patient Opinions on Electronic Messaging for STD Test Result Notifications
The majority of patients who chose to receive notification of STD results via electronic messaging, including via text message, and/or email, to be satisfactory and easy.
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Mycoplasma genitalium/Chlamydia Coinfection: Prevalence and Macrolide Resistance Incidence
A recent study evaluated the frequency and characteristics that predicted coinfection of M genitalium and chlamydia in women.
Disseminated Tuberculosis in Refugees Without HIV: Diagnosis and Treatment
Treating refugee patients with severe disseminated tuberculosis without HIV infection presents unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
Trichomonas vaginalis Prevalence in the United States, 2013-2016
Among noninstitutionalized adolescents and adults in the United States between 2013 and 2016, 1.3% tested positive for Trichomonas vaginalis infection.
Facilitating Religious Concordance Between Patients and Physicians
Investigators recommend a case-by-case approach to handle situations when patients request religious concordance or to be transferred to a physician with similar religious beliefs.
Diagnostic Accuracy: A Point-of-Care Tuberculosis Test for Those With HIV
Compared with Alere Determine TB LAM Ag (AlereLAM), the only commercially available tuberculosis point-of-care test, the novel Fujifilm SILVAMP TB LAM (FujiLAM) assay offers superior diagnostic sensitivity while also maintaining specificity, according to a study published in The Lancet: Infectious Diseases. The applicability of FujiLAM in various settings requires prospective assessment, but the test could be…
Association Between Alcohol Use Disorders and Hospital Pneumonia Outcomes
Hospitalized patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and community-acquired pneumonia harbor resistant organisms less often than hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) without AUD, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. In addition, researchers noted that the higher age-adjusted mortality risk seen in patients with AUD appears to a result of differences in comorbidities,…
Methotrexate, Cyclosporine Yield Lowest Infection Risk in Atopic Dermatitis
Patients requiring systemic therapy for atopic dermatitis may benefit from lower infection risk treatments such as methotrexate, cyclosporine.
Antiviral Therapy May Reduce Risk for Parkinson Disease in Chronic HCV
Investigators sought to determine the risk for Parkinson disease development in patients with hepatitis C virus who received antiviral treatment and in patients who did not receive this treatment.
Ibuprofen and Antibiotics Display Synergy Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Combinations of ibuprofen with aztreonam and ceftazidime display synergistic antimicrobial activity against drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in vitro, and efficacy of ceftazidime combined with ibuprofen was shown in vivo in a murine P aeruginosa pneumonia model, according to research presented at American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Microbe 2019 held from June 20-24, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Approximately…
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