Researchers systematically reviewed literature to understand the performance and sensitivity of alternative sample types compared with that of nasopharyngeal swabs for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2.
The investigators hypothesized that pathogens that cause diarrhea would be negatively associated with both growth and neurodevelopment.
Researchers assessed cases of glioma and instance of T gondii among study participants who did not have cancer and provided blood samples.
Study authors studied respiratory samples and sera for SARS-CoV-2 in 3 deeply immunocompromised patients.
The objective of this quasi-experimental observational study was to measure the effect of states’ hospital worker influenza vaccination laws on pneumonia and influenza mortality.
Study authors examined the effect of high-dose zinc and/or ascorbic acid on the severity or reduction of SARS-CoV-2 duration compared with the standard of care.
![Staphylococcus aureus is a rare cause of myocarditis and typically affects immunocompromised patients with sepsis. S aureus myocarditis usually occurs with endocarditis and may result in the formation of abscesses on the heart valves and muscle.5 “As with viral myocarditis, this disease can present with signs and symptoms of acute myocardial infarction, complicating the diagnosis,” wrote the authors of a 2008 case study.12 “Much of the available data on bacterial myocarditis [were] collected before the development of many modern diagnostic tests and before antibiotics [thus] the appropriate workup, diagnosis and treatment remain unclear.”12 A case report published in 2018 described a 44-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis taking methotrexate who was diagnosed with S aureus myocarditis (and associated left ventricular apical thrombus) after having septic shock.13 Complete recovery was achieved with a 12-week course of antibiotics and anticoagulation.](https://www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/03/7staphylococcusaureusgetty1_1479047-507x306.jpg)
Etiologies and characteristics of infective endocarditis in people who inject vs those do not inject drugs were found to significantly differ.
Study authors evaluated the association between HIV diagnosis and COVID-19 diagnosis, hospitalization, and in-hospital death in New York State.
Study authors assessed the economic trade-offs of expanding and accelerating testing for SARS-CoV-2 across the United States in different transmission scenarios.
To develop microbiome drugs, scientists will need to address challenges in safety, uniformity, and delivery.
