Beneficial changes in microbial composition and functionality with capsular fecal microbiota transplant lead to improved cognition in patients with cirrhosis and recurrent hepatic encephalopathy, according to study data presented at The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases’ The Liver Meeting 2019, held November 8 to 12 in Boston, Massachusetts. In order to determine…
This article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has demonstrated a reduction in healthcare-associated infections in hospitals as a result of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement program.
Many older adults do not follow instructions related to antibiotic use.
There is a need to improve infectious risk mitigation in adults with diabetes because they are hospitalized for infections between 2.6 and 15.7 times as often as adults without diabetes, depending on the type of infection.
SB206 12% represents a well-tolerated topical treatment for molluscum contagiosum that can be applied at home by patients or caregivers, solving an unmet medical need.
Causes of childhood encephalitis are predominated by epidemic viral infections and frequently include vaccine-preventable diseases.
In patients with rheumatologic diseases, treatment with interleukin inhibitors may increase the risk of serious infections, opportunistic infections, and cancer, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open.
Study provides a portrait of wild-type AAV infection in the liver with an identification of molecular forms, viral genotypes, viral integrations, and helper virus relationship and with AAV insertions positive selected during HCC development on noncirrhotic liver, which challenges the concept of AAV as nonpathogenic.
Passengers on several American Airline flights in the United States may have been exposed to hepatitis A by a flight attendant.
Cardiac implantable electronic device-related infective endocarditis is diagnosed in a third of patients with implantable device related infections.
