Respiratory Infections News

Among patients with bronchiectasis, inhaled antibiotics improved quality of life only in those with high bacterial load, according to data published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

The CDC reported today that 233 patients in 41 states were affected by acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, in 2018. Although most of these patients quickly sought care, providers often delayed reporting suspected cases, sometimes for weeks, the agency said.

Researcher found that approximately one-fifth of patients diagnosed with a viral respiratory infection during a 6-month period in three California EDs were nevertheless prescribed antibiotics.

A variety of interventions that were deemed effective based on clinical trials were not useful for treating patients hospitalized with pneumonia and were associated with adverse events, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Serum procalcitonin levels do not have sufficient sensitivity or specificity to distinguish bacterial from viral community-acquired pneumonia, according to new study findings published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

One dose of Xofluza was well-tolerated and demonstrated comparable efficacy to oseltamivir in children aged 1 to younger than 12 years with influenza, according to findings from a phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind study.

An algorithm designed to detect Velcro crackles in the lungs demonstrated diagnostic accuracy for detecting interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the NIH, has launched a trial investigating the safety and efficacy of delamanid for the prevention of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, or MDR-TB, the NIH announced.

Researchers have found that leading causes of pneumonia requiring hospitalization in children aged younger than 5 years in low- and middle-income countries throughout Africa and Asia are viral, not bacterial. Specifically, respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, caused the most cases.

Infection, most prominently urinary tract infection, was associated with elevated risk for acute ischemic stroke, according to findings published in Stroke.