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 from France indicates that patients using anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) monoclonal antibody therapy are at greater risk for developing tuberculosis than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or 3 (CIN2/3) by loop electrosurgical excision (LEEP) may lead to a reduction in acquisition of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a prospective, randomized trial, a single daily tablet containing efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir (Atripla; Bristol Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences LLC) maintained…
John Flaherty, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University, discusses clostridium difficile treatment in hospitals, Summary: Clostridium difficile in hospital patients has a mortality rate…
John Flaherty, MD, Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University, discusses HIV infection, latest trends in treatment and what a hospitalist needs to know. Summary: 1.There is a trend toward…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sperm washing and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) with intracytoplasmic sperm infection (ICSI) can safely achieve pregnancy in couples in which the male is HIV-positive,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pediatric coronary bypass surgery using an internal thoracic artery graft is effective treatment for children and adolescents with severe coronary sequelae secondary to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using polymyxin B hemoperfusion as a means of reducing endotoxin levels in the blood can improve survival and other outcomes in patients with…
CHICAGO (Reuters Health) – A Canadian study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) shows that they are 42% more likely to acquire methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Data from the UK General Practice Research Database suggest that failure to prescribe antibiotics when patients present with a lower respiratory tract infection…
