Focus on Infectious Disease
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When initiating empiric therapy for a serious infection, what most often shapes your antibiotic choice?

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Multimodal animal health monitoring in extensive livestock production systems. - PubMed

Multimodal animal health monitoring in extensive livestock production systems. - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42267351

Integrating diverse data streams in livestock health monitoring enables timely interventions and improved outcomes, addressing cost, scalability, and interoperability challenges.


Multimodal monitoring in extensive livestock systems integrates diverse data streams for earlier disease detection and better welfare, addressing cost, scalability, and data interoperability challenges.

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Advances in lung health and sleep medicine: Key highlights from CHEST 2025

At CHEST 2025 in Chicago, pulmonology experts shared new insights in asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, and sleep medicine. Dr. Sandhya Khurana highlighted emerging asthma data—such as imaging-based reductions in mucus plugging and outcomes in severe asthma with nasal polyps—while also discussing the future of nanobody therapeutics. Dr. Cosmo Fowler reviewed GLP-1 RA–linked survival benefits in OSA.

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Scabies Outbreak Management in Refugee/Migrant Camps in Europe 2014-2017: a Retrospective Qualitative Interview Study of Healthcare Staff Experiences and Perspectives

Scabies Outbreak Management in Refugee/Migrant Camps in Europe 2014-2017: a Retrospective Qualitative Interview Study of Healthcare Staff Experiences and Perspectives

Source : https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/11/e075103

This retrospective qualitative study used semistructured telephone interviews and framework analysis. Recruitment was done primarily through online networks of healthcare staff involved in medical care in refugee/migrant settings.

The researchers recommend development of accessible scabies guidelines for camps, use of consensus diagnostic criteria, and oral ivermectin mass treatments.

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The Screening and Management of Sleep Disturbances in People Living With HIV: Delphi Consensus

The Screening and Management of Sleep Disturbances in People Living With HIV: Delphi Consensus

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37941027/

Sleep disturbances in people living with HIV (PLHIV) are frequent but their management remains insufficient. In the absence of specific recommendations, a DELPHI consensus research project was conducted in France...

This DELPHI Consensus provides best practice for screening and managing sleep disturbances in PLHIV and optimizing their quality of life.