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) – New research suggests that fluoroquinolones may cause diplopia in some patients. “According to World Health Organization criteria, the relationship between fluoroquinolone therapy and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Onset of hyperthermia several days after acute ischemic stroke is strongly associated with greater morbidity and mortality at 3 months, investigators report. A…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over time, vaccine-induced rubella antibody levels decline and seronegativity rates rise, leaving children vulnerable to infection, public health officials report. “Because rubella is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Liver transplant recipients whose indication for transplant was hepatitis C virus (HCV) cirrhosis have markedly poorer survival compared to patients transplanted for alcoholic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In general, the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV, Gardasil, Merck and Co.) licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration in June 2006…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Newly updated guidelines for managing persons infected with HIV recommend that all patients undergo genotypic resistance testing even if there are no immediate…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Allogeneic blood transfusions in patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) substantially increase the patient’s odds of nosocomial infection, hospital readmission…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Extended-duration treatment with the neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) oseltamivir or zanamivir can help prevent symptomatic influenza in immunocompetent adults, a review and analysis of trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even though they are at increased risk of invasive cervical cancer, nearly one in four HIV-positive women in the US who were recently…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adults with a history of low birth weight (LBW) are more prone to respiratory illnesses requiring hospitalization than are adults without such a…
