Diagnostic Circulating Anodic Antigen Test for Schistosoma haematobium Infections
Study authors investigated UCP-LF circulating anodic antigen (CAA) as a potential diagnostic test for Schistosoma haematobium in pregnant women.
Bacterial Infections
CDC Warns of Multistate Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak
Multistate Listeria outbreak in Florida, Massachusetts, and New York leave 10 patients hospitalized.
Higher Risk of Active Tuberculosis Infection in Children Living With Infected Adults
Study authors assessed the relationship between children living in contact with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis patients on DOTS and children getting infected with tuberculosis or tubercular infection.
Review of Antimicrobial Resistance in Human-Derived C Difficile
Metronidazole, vancomycin, fidaxomicin, meropenem, and piperacillin/tazobactam are rarely resistant to Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection, while second-generation fluoroquinolones and clindamycin show highest risk.
Cefazolin and Ertapenem Salvage Therapy Rapidly Clears MSSA Bacteremia
Ertapenem and cefazolin combination therapy was studied to assess use as salvage therapy for persistent bacteremia against a MSSA blood-stream isolate.
Pneumococcal Urinary Antigen Testing Provides Opportunity to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship
Study authors assessed pneumococcal urinary antigen testing’s use in identifying patients for broad-spectrum antibiotic de-escalation, providing an opportunity for improved antimicrobial stewardship.
Routine Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Post-Cesarean Delivery in Women With Obesity
Study authors compared the use of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy with standard wound dressing after cesarean delivery in women with obesity.
Intravesical Phage Therapy May Treat UTI in Men Undergoing TURP
Research authors assessed the safety and efficacy of intravesical bacteriophage therapy compared to placebo and current standard of care for the treatment of urinary tract infection in patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate.
Low-Dose Glucocorticoids Increases Risk for Serious Infection in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Continued use of glucocorticoids was associated with dose-dependent increase in the risk for serious infection, with small but significant risk for infection at low doses of 5 mg or less per day.
S Aureus ICU Pneumonia Risk Higher When Patients Are Colonized at Admission
Approximately 7% of pneumonia cases acquired in the intensive care unit can be classified as Staphylococcus aureus intensive care unit pneumonia.
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