Shorter Versus Longer-term Antibiotic Treatments for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: A Meta-analysis
Source : https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060097
CONTEXT. The optimal duration of antibiotic treatment of children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains unclear.OBJECTIVES. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of shorter versus longer duration of...
Conclusions: Duration of antibiotic therapy likely makes no important difference in patient-important outcomes. Healthcare workers should prioritize the use of shorter-duration antibiotics for children with CAP treated as outpatients with oral antibiotics.
Epidemic history investigation: a new method of finding close contacts
Source : https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1062633
IntroductionCoronavirus disease 2019 has become a major global public health concern in December 2019. However, finding and excluding close contacts of COVID-19 infectors is a critical but difficult issue. This...
Conclusion: The space–time companion provides a new idea for screening close contacts of the COVID-19 infector and other similar infectious diseases, which can serve as a supplement to traditional epidemiological history surveys to verify and avoid missing close contacts.
Outpatient treatment of COVID-19 and incidence of post-COVID-19 condition over 10 months (COVID-OUT): a multicentre, randomised, quadruple-blind, parallel-group, phase 3 trial - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37302406/
Parsemus Foundation; Rainwater Charitable Foundation; Fast Grants; UnitedHealth Group Foundation; National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases; National Institutes of Health; and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
Herpes Simplex Virus Meningoencephalitis Masquerading as Acute Stroke With Broca's Aphasia: A Case Report
This case report presents a rare and unique instance of a 70-year-old morbidly obese female with type 2 diabetes mellitus and bilateral lymphedema, who presented with fever and expressive aphasia,...
Equivalency of Protection From Natural Immunity in COVID-19 Recovered Versus Fully Vaccinated Persons: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34868754/
We present a systematic review and pooled analysis of clinical studies to date that (1) specifically compare the protection of natural immunity in the COVID-recovered versus the efficacy of complete...