Infectious Diseases
Conference Coverage
Balance caution with necessity when prescribing dermatology drugs in pregnancy
Not treating a disease during pregnancy can be more dangerous for the fetus than some of the medications used to treat.
What Matters
Flu vaccine and heart attacks
It’s time to remind flu vaccine–averse patients about the link between influenza and heart attacks.
Practice Alert
Influenza vaccination: What’s new this season
One IIV trivalent product can now be given with a needle-free jet injector. A recombinant vaccine formulation is available for those who have egg...
Applied Evidence
Tuberculosis testing: Which patients, which test?
The most appropriate test to identify latent TB depends on the patient’s risk for developing active TB and other factors. This review provides...
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Protecting pregnant women, infants from infections
Dr. Stephen I. Pelton emphasizes the importance of immunizing pregnant women to protect infants too young to be protected by childhood vaccines....
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Ledipasvir-sofosbuvir plus ribavirin in advanced HCV does well
Key clinical point: Ledipasvir-sofosbuvir plus ribavirin for 12 weeks achieved high SVR rates among patients with hepatitis C virus infection and...
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H. pylori resistance highlights need for guided therapy
Key clinical point: Because H.
Conference Coverage
ICEID: Flu shots significantly decrease disease severity, duration
Although not always effective at preventing disease, influenza vaccinations play a significant role in decreasing the severity and duration of...
Conference Coverage
Understanding of Mycoplasma-induced mucositis improving
According to emerging evidence in the medical literature, Mycoplasma pneumoniae–induced rash and mucositis is a distinct clinical entity with a...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Hospitalized heart failure patients susceptible to C. difficile
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Cirrhosis in HCV often goes unreported
More than 28% of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection met at least one criterion for cirrhosis, while only 7% had biopsy confirmation...