Infectious Diseases
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FUO, pneumonia often distinguishes influenza from RSV in hospitalized young children
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – “These findings open new possibilities for antimicrobial stewardship in these groups of...
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FDA approves Xenleta for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia treatment
The approval was based on results from two trials with a total of 1,289 patients.
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Short-term parenteral antibiotics effective for bacteremic UTI in young infants
No significant differences in urinary tract infection recurrence or hospital reutilization between short- and long-term parenteral antibiotic...
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Differential monocytic HLA-DR expression prognostically useful in PICU
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – European pediatric “study of the year” paves way for novel sepsis immunotherapies.
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Presepsin can rule out invasive bacterial infection in infants
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – Novel test addresses unmet need for biomarker for invasive bacterial infection.
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‘Substantial burden’ of enterovirus meningitis in young infants
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – “Not a single one of the patients with enterovirus/human parechovirus meningitis had a secondary bacterial infection – and...
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CDC updates recommendation for serologic Lyme disease detection
The CDC’s updated recommendation is based on the approval of a new test that uses a modified two-test methodology different from the two-test...
Clinical
How to nearly eliminate CLABSIs in children’s hospitals
One hospital went 6 months without a central line–associated bloodstream infection after quality improvements.
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FDA approves drug combo to treat highly resistant TB
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Study: Cardiac biomarkers predicted CV events in CAP
The results suggest a change in usual practice is needed to reduce cardiovascular community-acquired pneumonia complications, according to a study...