Infectious Disease

Pathogens, stewardship and the response to emerging threats.

Correction issued for arthroplasty antibiotic meta-analysis

A correction was published for a meta-analysis comparing cephalosporins with non-cephalosporin antibiotics in primary arthroplasty prophylaxis.

Randomized trial compares minocycline-EDTA-ethanol lock with standard antibiotic lock for central line–associated bloodstream infection management.

PLOS ONE issued a correction to a Bangladesh leprosy disability study, clarifying the study design and adding a…

Weekly mosnodenvir reduced dengue infection signals in a controlled human challenge model, with no clinically significant safety concerns.

CDC issued a Kenya travel notice after confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cases in Nairobi, stressing isolation, contact precautions, and…

A phase 3b trial compared injectable cabotegravir-rilpivirine with oral dolutegravir-based therapy in adults with suppressed HIV and adherence…

A randomized trial of 399 adults found fluvoxamine reduced long COVID fatigue and improved quality of life versus…

eLife analysis links A(H3N2) antigenic drift and A(H1N1) interference to larger, more adult-skewed U.S. influenza epidemics from 1997…

Iranian hospital case-control data link two ACE2 variants to sex-specific protection against hospitalized COVID-19, with no corrected viral-load…

A 65-sample comparison found good concordance between Allplex RV Master Assay and BioFire RP2.1plus for respiratory virus detection.

Infectious Disease

Pathogens, stewardship and the response to emerging threats.

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