Infectious Diseases

Clinical evidence, research, and medical intelligence in Infectious Diseases.

Global enteric infection deaths fell, but burden remains high in 2023

GBD 2023 shows enteric infectious disease deaths fell sharply since 1990, yet sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia still carry the heaviest burden.

Kenya scaled One Health AMR surveillance from 2 sites to 30 by 2025, improving reporting, governance, and decision-making…

Argyrin B killed C. difficile in lab and mouse studies while largely sparing helpful gut bacteria, raising hope…

An abstract on hospital teamwork argues that continuous improvement and organizational learning can strengthen handoff quality beyond team…

DailyMed updates atovaquone and proguanil labeling with a new SCAR warning, while reaffirming malaria prophylaxis, treatment, and renal…

A 500,000-cell ileal atlas reveals pathogen-specific epithelial programs and immune signaling across diverse infections in the small intestine.

An authors’ reply examines diagnostic accuracy concerns around commercial large language models used on anogenital skin lesion images.

Cochrane’s updated review on convalescent plasma for COVID-19 keeps attention on a therapy shaped by timing, antibody quality,…

Chinese comparative study found IIV3 was safe in adults with HIV, but antibody responses were weaker for A(H3N2)…

A Japan cohort links a five-biomarker Klebsiella definition to abscesses, longer treatment, and rare ESBL convergence in bloodstream…

Infectious Diseases

Clinical evidence, research, and medical intelligence in Infectious Diseases.

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