Hospital Medicine News

The rate of fluoroquinolone-resistant E. coli was “very high” in a study population of men undergoing invasive urologic procedures compared with the rates for the general hospital population, according to a study.

Roughly 5% of children aged 5 to 17 years experienced COVID-19 symptoms for at least 28 days, and almost 2% were still experiencing them after 56 days, according to the results of a study in the United Kingdom.

Therapeutic anticoagulation with heparin increased the likelihood of survival among noncritically ill patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine.

A single subcutaneous dose of Regeneron’s antibody cocktail prevents symptomatic COVID-19 and reduces the incidence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to results from a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Around 9% of health care workers at two New York hospitals said they were unwilling to provide care to patients with COVID-19 early in the pandemic — a much lower percentage than during epidemics of HIV and Ebola, researchers reported.

The AAP issued interim guidance on pediatric follow-up care for children who have had COVID-19, including recommendations for children with long COVID, a syndrome that is less common among kids than adults.

Despite most facilities performing surveillance for health care-associated invasive mold infections, case definitions and environmental sampling approaches vary substantially and could lead to missed cases, researchers said.

Influenza vaccination may reduce the risk for stroke, sepsis and deep vein thrombosis in patients with COVID-19, data presented at the ECCMID virtual meeting suggest.

This week, as she announced stiffer mask guidance for vaccinated Americans, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, said she had seen data indicating that breakthrough infections caused by the delta variant can be transmitted.

President Joe Biden this afternoon is expected to announce a plan to require federal workers to either be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face regular testing and other measures, according to reports.