The One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization workshop, organized jointly by the United States CDC, US Department of Agriculture, and US Department for the Interior, recently reported a list of 8 top zoonotic diseases of national concern.
Probiotics could reduce the health care and economic burden of flu-like respiratory tract infections.
Eli Lilly was the only pharmaceutical company providing quinidine gluconate in the United States, but in November 2017 it stopped manufacturing the drug and the remaining supplies expired.
Topical therapy with a paromomycin-based cream offered an effective treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Point-of-care testing may improve infection management in women with urogenital infection, according to a study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases. With an estimated 357 million new curable infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Treponema pallidum occuring in 2012, sexually transmitted infections and other urogenital infections are a major disease burden worldwide.…
Gradually increasing intensity of treatment reduces alcohol intake and improves HIV status
A total of 26 RCTs with 8136 patients were included in this network meta analysis.
Among children under age 5 years with acute gastroenteritis, Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 as an adjunct to rehydration therapy did not reduce the duration of diarrhea compared with placebo.
Ceftriaxone remains the superior first-line treatment for gonorrhea compared with gentamicin.
Investigators sought to determine whether the use of ivermectin in patients with scabies leads to improved clinical and safety outcomes compared with permethrin.
