Infectious Diseases
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How Common Are Life-Threatening Infections In Infants with Pustules, Vesicles?
Among 879 consults, 183 afebrile infants were identified as having presented with pustules, vesicles, and/or bullae.
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New Mid-Year Vaccine Recommendations From ACIP
New recommendations and or new vaccinations are available for RSV, COVID, pneumococcal disease, and flu.
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Summer Is Not Over: Let's Talk About Recreational Water–Associated Illnesses
Infections acquired during recreational water activity can lead to illnesses involving the gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system,...
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How Has the RSV Season Changed Since the Pandemic Began?
Studies point to changes in the peak months of RSV infection, rates of oxygen therapy, ICU admission post-pandemic.
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Reducing Unnecessary Antibiotics for Conjunctivitis
Study: Additional antibiotics or follow-up care was uncommon in pink eye, suggesting initial antibiotics may not be needed.
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Acute Sore Throat in Primary Care: When to Reach for the Antibiotics
Antibiotics can be used to reduce the risk of developing rheumatic heart disease, reduce the duration and severity of symptoms, and treat...
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Predicting and Understanding Vaccine Response Determinants
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The Appendix: Is It ’Useless,’ or a Safe House and Immune Training Ground?
It turns out the appendix, as easy to dismiss as it is to remove, may have a vital purpose after all, including protecting us from...
From the Journals
New Era? ‘Double Selective’ Antibiotic Spares the Microbiome
The drug, lolamicin, goes after Gram-negative pathogens.
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Gene Tests Could Predict if a Drug Will Work for a Patient
Pharmacogenetics could help physicians determine which patients would and would not benefit from medications.
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Do You Really Know a UTI When You See It?
"Recent data suggest that UTI may present as a bidirectional continuum from asymptomatic bladder colonization to a symptomatic bladder infection...