Infected Kidney Donors Raise Delayed Graft Function Risk, Not Graft Loss
Kidneys from blood culture positive donors are not associated with graft and patient survival, however.
Kidneys from blood culture positive donors are not associated with graft and patient survival, however.
Statin use caused lower incidence of liver disease progression in HIV and HCV co-infected individuals.
New meta-analysis also found no significant difference in risk between antimicrobial agents in head-to-head trials.
Immune responses to RV5 were higher than placebo regardless of HIV exposure.
The researchers concluded that individuals with an HAI had a 21.6% risk of mortality within 90 days of being released from the hospital as compared with 14.7% of individuals without an HAI.
Sites that had mandatory influenza vaccination programs and high influenza vaccine rates had lower sick day ratios.
Influenza surveillance and response remains an ongoing, and changing, challenge-and pandemic preparedness goes well beyond stockpiling vaccines, noted speakers at IDWeek 2015’s closing plenary session.
New studies may clarify the risks associated with antibiotic combinations that include vancomycin, a drug with well-known nephrotoxicities.
Researchers report a significant drop in 30-day post-operative infection rate.
Opioid use was associated with an increased risk of hospitalizations for serious infections, and was higher with current use at higher daily doses and when using long-acting formulations, data from a case series analysis has shown at IDWeek 2015.