The implications of expanding HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis coverage in men who have sex with men on sexually transmitted infection epidemics vary depending on the benefit to the individual or the population.
Study authors highlighted that while diagnostic associations are helpful in suggesting diagnostic possibilities, they must be supported by clinical correlation of characteristic clinical features.
Exposure to carbapenem and carboxypenicillin or ureidopenicillin during the week before onset of ventilator-associated pneumonia and the severity of disease with regard to respiratory and hematologic failures were independent risk factors for the occurrence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia-related VAP.
Compared with injectable contraceptive norethisterone enanthate and combined oral contraceptive pills, contraceptive vaginal ring lowered cervical frequencies of Th17 cells, which may affect HIV risk stratification.
Although the prevalence of distal sensory peripheral neuropathy decreased following initiation of cART in people living with in resource-limiting settings, better strategies are needed.
In a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, investigators demonstrated a significant gap in research on human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and the effect of comorbidities on mortality in patients with this infection.
In a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers hypothesized that the underrepresentation of women in HIV intervention trials in the United States may be a result of higher clinical trial screen-out rates in women compared with men. Although they found that screen-out rates did not differ by sex, researchers highlighted that the results underscored…
Patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) were less likely to develop bloodstream infections (BSI) if treated with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) compared with antibiotics.
An investigational pneumococcal protein-based vaccine co-administered with PCV13 was well-tolerated and immunogenic but did not show incremental efficacy in preventing AOM or acute lower respiratory tract infection in children.
Switching from tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) to tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) is safe and effective in patients with chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and was linked to improvements in bone, renal, and kidney function.
