Respiratory Infections News

Among patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, once-daily brensocatib for 52 weeks lowered the annualized pulmonary exacerbation rate and was well tolerated, according to topline results from the ASPEN trial.

A second dairy worker in Michigan became the third human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus linked to an outbreak in dairy cows, the CDC announced Thursday.

A recent survey showed that only about one-quarter of older adults have received respiratory syncytial virus vaccinations.

Interleukin-17 and IL-23 inhibitors do not increase the risk for tuberculosis reactivation among patients with psoriatic disease who have a latent tuberculosis infection, according to a retrospective study.

TORONTO — Pediatric hospital transfers due to bronchiolitis increased at a disproportionate rate in recent years compared with all causes of hospitalization, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Older patients with respiratory syncytial virus have higher complication rates than those with influenza, although both illnesses had comparable mortality rates, researchers found.

Among patients with bronchiectasis, disease severity was higher with a blood eosinophil count less than 50 cells/L or higher than 300 cells/L, according to results published in CHEST.

Among hospitalized patients with various pulmonary conditions, living in a low socioeconomic status area heightened the odds for 30-day mortality and readmission, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Among pediatric patients hospitalized with bronchiolitis, use of weight-based non-ICU vs. ICU-only high-flow nasal cannula protocols was linked to lower yearly ICU admission rates, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

The FDA this week approved the antibiotic Zevtera for the treatment of three bacterial infections 17 years after it was first submitted to the agency.