Gastrointestinal Infections News

Corticosteroids are an important treatment modality for a multitude of indications. Currently, dexamethasone is one of the only proven treatment options for patients suffering from COVID-19.

I had veterinary virologists as parents. My dad studied and worked on rabies for his PhD, and my mother was a pioneer in India on buffalopox virus, which is very closely related to cowpox and smallpox, also earning her PhD.

A quality improvement program reduced antibiotic use and strengthened antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals, according to an analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

Between April and July last year, there was a more than 80% decline in the incidence of reported norovirus outbreaks in nine U.S. states, likely the result of nonpharmaceutical interventions to combat COVID-19, researchers reported.

I know people in this field often say that they wanted to work in infectious diseases ever since they were an embryo or a small child. But that was really the case with me.

Outpatient diverticulitis treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanate was “just as effective” as treatment with a combination of metronidazole and a fluoroquinolone, a researcher told Healio Primary Care.

Communities with lower socioeconomic status have a higher incidence of community-associated Clostridioides difficile infection, according to study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Almost half of the recommendations graded as “strong” in 17 current Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guidelines are based on lower-quality evidence, an analysis found.

I chose a career in infectious diseases during my residency in Detroit.

I was always interested in infectious diseases, owing to the vast breadth of the field.