Infectious Disease Advisor Contributing Writer

Researchers evaluated the association between pharyngeal infections and incident psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis.

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of psoriatic arthritis therapy on COVID-19 vaccination response.

In a small study, researchers identified the clinical characteristics of patients who develop cognitive PASC after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection and inform pathogenesis.

Ikare Mood, Trauma, and Recovery Clinic created the Behavioral Health Integration Program, a care model that leverages telehealth visits and automation in assessments to reduce common obstacles to psychiatric care and offers targeted treatment for individuals reporting suicidal ideation.

A team of researchers analyzed the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers on patients with COVID-19 with preexisting hypertension.

Researchers conducted study to determine whether a microbiota-based investigational live biotherapeutic (RBX2660) decreases the risk for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection.

Study finds that among women with uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI), those with antimicrobial-resistant isolates are at increased risk for progression to complicated UTI vs those with susceptible isolates.

Study finds that patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection who are solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk for intensive care unit admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, and mortality.

Researchers conducted a study to assess the effects of vancomycin plus ceftaroline for the treatment of patients with persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

Researchers conducted study to determine whether a microbiota-based investigational live biotherapeutic (RBX2660) decreases the risk for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection.

Researchers evaluated the association between diarrheagenic E coli and development of reactive arthritis and musculoskeletal symptoms among international travelers.

Hypoxemic respiratory failure and hypotension were the most common precursors of mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19 during the first 3 weeks of the outbreak in Seattle, Washington.

A subset of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may present with low disease severity marked only by digestive symptoms.

Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using model-based analysis showed a mean time from symptom onset to death of roughly 18 days.

The World Health Organization has released interim guidance for long-term care facilities aimed at preventing COVID-19.

Study results highlight that a risk scoring system would help prioritize high-risk individuals in primary care and emergency room settings for clinical care, isolation precautions and contact tracing efforts for people with COVID-19.

Computerized tomography scans of the chest are not a suitable independent screening tool for coronavirus-19 (COVID-19).

A summary of the current knowledge on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has been published.

Researchers assessed protective antibody responses to diphtheria and tetanus vaccination in patients with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Current mortality rate estimates for COVID-19 may not be representative of the actual death rate.

Dried blood spot viral load may be more accurate and useful than plasma viral load for patients with HIV in settings with limited resources.

The occurrence of cardiac events in a cohort of patients with HIV was significantly higher in patients treated with tenofovir-alafenamide.

Combination sofosbuvir/velpatasvir treatment can be highly efficacious in treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients coinfected with HIV.

Patients with HIV and those with a history of intravenous drug use may have significantly higher rates of hepatic steatosis, according to research results presented at the virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, held from March 8 to 11, 2020. Two groups of researchers examined the role of hepatic steatosis across these patient populations.…

The effect of COVID-19 response in China shows that quarantine, social distancing, and isolation of infected persons can contain the epidemic in other countries.

A rotavirus vaccination program led to significant and sustained reductions in both hospitalizations and emergency department visits across the US.

Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) who receive medications for OUD following endocarditis may experience improved health-related outcomes.

Highly effective contact tracing and isolation may be viable containment strategies for a COVID-19.

Veterans Affairs hospitals adopted more infection prevention practices than non-VA hospitals.

In patients with chronic hepatitis B-related liver cirrhosis treated for hepatic decompensation with nucleos(t)ide analogues, a baseline hepatitis flare independently indicated favorable long-term (≥3 months) outcomes.