Infectious diseases arise from bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites and can spread through contact, contaminated food or water, or weakened immunity. Common types include bacterial infections (e.g., strep…
Cellulitis is a bacterial skin infection causing redness, swelling, and pain, often in the lower legs. Tom Warren, MD, explains it results from bacteria entering compromised skin barriers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Individuals infected with HIV face an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to findings published in the May 22nd Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women may safely receive mefloquine for malaria prophylaxis, researchers from Switzerland report in the April 10th online Clinical Infectious Diseases. “Women who…
Influenza infection is a common reason children and teens are hospitalized in the United States each year. While the flu vaccine is safe and effective just over half…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An episode of herpes zoster is associated with an increased risk of developing anterior uveitis in the following year, according to the results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Instillation of donor fecal material in the colon of patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection leads to rapid resolution of the condition in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Occult Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is a “rare but important” issue in adult emergency department patients, one that deserves closer attention, a team of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Empiric therapy in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with invasive Candida infections is associated with improved outcomes (less death and neurodevelopmental impairment),…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of tenofovir in HIV-infected women during pregnancy is not associated with small-for-gestational age (SGA) or low birth weight (LBW) in their offspring,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic caused severe illness and mortality in cancer patients with solid tumors, investigators report in Cancer online February 22.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to placebo, ASP2151 significantly shortens the time to healing of recurrent genital herpes, investigators report in the Journal of Infectious Diseases online…
