Researchers conducted a study to determine whether the lactate dehydrogenase to albumin ratio is an independent prognostic factor predictive of in-hospital mortality in patients with lower respiratory tract infection.
Researchers sought to determine whether a novel system that combines whole-genome sequencing and machine learning is effective for detecting infectious outbreaks and identifying transmission routes of bacterial pathogens.
Researchers conducted a study to determine the association between Fc gamma RIIb expression concentrations and chronic hepatitis B virus infection progression.
Researchers conducted a study to determine whether C-reactive protein (CRP) velocity is effective for differentiating between acute viral and bacterial infections in patients with relatively decreased CRP concentrations.
Researchers conducted a study to assess the effectiveness of the 2-dose BBV152 vaccine among participants with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed via reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction testing.
Use of genomic sequencing yields an increase in genomic diagnoses across a spectrum of rare diseases.
Researchers conducted a study that assessed SARS-CoV-2 viral loads and transmission risk among infants compared with young children.
As the world struggles with ways to stem the spread of the new omicron variant, the CDC announced that international travelers to the United States will soon have to provide a negative result from a COVID-19 test taken within 24 hours of departure.
Researchers evaluated the virologic and immunologic characteristics of a patient with previously confirmed HIV infection who had an undetectable HIV viral load for more than 7 years after discontinuing antiretroviral therapy.
![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)
Investigators conducted a study to assess the frequency at which changes in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns occur among bacterial species isolated from the same patient.
