Pharyngeal and cutaneous diphtheria: a tail of a refugee
(Source: Infection)
Source: Infection - October 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Real-world effectiveness of sotrovimab for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection during Omicron BA.2 subvariant predominance: a systematic literature review
ConclusionThis SLR showed that the effectiveness of sotrovimab was maintained against Omicron BA.2 in both ecological and sequencing-confirmed studies, by demonstrating low/comparable clinical outcomes between BA.1 and BA.2 periods or comparing against an active/untreated comparator. (Source: Infection)
Source: Infection - September 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Cytokine storm and severe hepatitis in pregnancy due to herpes simplex virus 2
AbstractCase presentationA pregnant woman developed hepatitis due to a herpes simplex virus 2 primary infection with a severe systemic inflammatory response. Treatment with acyclovir and human immunoglobulin was given and both mother and baby survived.PurposeWe provide the first description of the inflammatory response associated with herpetic hepatitis in pregnancy. (Source: Infection)
Source: Infection - September 27, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Correction: Trends in mortality after a sepsis hospitalization: a nationwide prospective registry study from 2008 to 2021
(Source: Infection)
Source: Infection - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Nodular scabies mimicking insect bites
(Source: Infection)
Source: Infection - September 19, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Discriminative performance of pancreatic stone protein in predicting ICU mortality and infection severity in adult patients with infection: a systematic review and individual patient level meta-analysis
ConclusionsWe found that PSP showed a very good discriminative ability for both investigated study endpoints ICU mortality and infection severity; better in comparison to CRP, similar to PCT. Combinations of biomarkers did not improve their predictive ability. (Source: Infection)
Source: Infection - September 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Clinical and epidemiological factors causing longer SARS-CoV 2 viral shedding: the results from the CoviCamp cohort
DiscussionOur analysis showed that CKD is a factor related to longer time-to-negative swab, probably because of immunosuppression related to this condition. (Source: Infection)
Source: Infection - September 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Ceftazidime-avibactam alone or in combination with Aztreonam versus Polymyxins in the management of carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae nosocomial Infections (CAPRI study): a retrospective cohort study from South India
ConclusionCeftazidime –avibactam + aztreonam is possibly associated with better clinical outcomes in patients infected with CRKP. (Source: Infection)
Source: Infection - September 11, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Understanding the biases to sepsis surveillance and quality assurance caused by inaccurate coding in administrative health data
ConclusionDue to the under-coding of sepsis in IAHD, previous epidemiological studies underestimated the burden of sepsis in Germany. There is a large variability between hospitals in accuracy of diagnosing and coding of sepsis. Therefore, IAHD alone is not suited to assess quality of sepsis care. (Source: Infection)
Source: Infection - September 9, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
