Practice Management News

Testing children with suspected sinusitis for three species of bacteria could help cut down on antibiotic use, the results of a randomized clinical trial suggest.

Cisgender women preferred long-acting injectable PrEP over taking a daily pill for HIV prevention by a nearly 4-to-1 margin, according to study findings presented at the International AIDS Society conference.

An estimated 795,000 people are permanently disabled or die from misdiagnoses each year in the United States, according to a study recently published in BMJ Quality and Safety.

Despite being at greater risk for adverse COVID-19 outcomes, just one in four nursing home residents with COVID-19 received antiviral treatment from May 31, 2021, through the end of 2022, researchers found.

Five male infants in South Africa who were born with HIV were able to maintain undetectable viral loads for months despite low adherence to ART, according to researchers at the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science.

An 8-year-old boy presented to the ED with a fever and a painful rash involving his mouth, eyes and genitals. Can you spot the rash?

Pregnant women who received an investigational group B streptococcus vaccine in a phase 2 trial transferred antibodies to their infants “at levels associated with a reduced risk of invasive group B streptococcal disease,” researchers found.

Avoiding unnecessary urine cultures was more effective in reducing antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria than stewardship efforts focused on reducing unnecessary antibiotic treatment, a recent study found.

Better definition of hospital onset bacteremia and fungemia patients could improve care, including reducing mortality rates, higher readmission risk and cost, and longer length of stay, a study found.

One dose of the 9-valent HPV vaccine generated a sustained immune response against two prominent cancer-causing types of the virus for up to 2 years, according study findings published in Pediatrics.