Infectious Diseases
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Evidence or anecdote: Clinical judgment in COVID care
Friendly debate emphasizes the need to weigh evidence for drug treatment of COVID-19.
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New child COVID-19 cases drop for second consecutive week
Report shows that 5% of all U.S. children have been infected during the pandemic.
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Fecal microbiota transplantation impacts microRNAs implicated in recurrent C. difficile
“The findings from this study are extremely exciting and promising for the creation of novel therapeutics for patients with C. difficile...
Clinical
FMT cuts risk of bloodstream infections in patients with recurrent CDI
In patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI), does fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) decrease the risk of...
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Being overweight ups risk of severe COVID-19 in hospital
This research “adds to the known data on the associations between obesity and severe COVID-19 disease and extends these findings” to patients who...
Clinical
IV drug users: The new face of candidemia
Intravenous drug use is an increasingly common risk factor for candidemia as the opioid crisis worsens.
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Pediatric bronchiolitis: Less is more
With bronchiolitis still the poster disease for low-value interventions, it’s time to retire widely used but ineffective therapies and focus on...
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Trend reversed: New cases of COVID-19 decline in children
Children’s share of weekly cases continues to rise, setting another pandemic high.
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Ten reasons airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 appears airtight
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How some COVID-19 vaccines could cause rare blood clots
Six cases of a rare but serious event in patients who got the J&J vaccine are being reviewed.