IDSA updates guidelines on influenza Hina Zahid6 Jan 2019 7:00 PM ISTARLINGTON, Va. – Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has released its updated guidelines on influenza. One of main recommendation is that...
Malaria vaccine found safe in early clinical trial Hina Zahid13 Jan 2019 7:28 PM ISTA vaccine developed with the aim of protecting against pregnancy-associated malaria was found safe in an early clinical trial.The new vaccine...
Bacteria in urine don't always indicate infection, unnecessary antibiotics lead to antimicrobial resistance Hina Zahid25 March 2019 7:10 PM ISTBacteria in urine don't always indicate infection, unnecessary antibiotics may lead to antimicrobial resistance, reveal updated IDSA Guideline on...
Fluoroquinolone ear drops may increase risk of eardrum perforation Hina Zahid3 May 2019 8:20 PM ISTFluoroquinolone ear drops may increase the risk of eardrum perforation, finds a new study.The researchers at the University of Florida in a...
New vaccine for Clostridioides difficile infection coming up, indicate results from clinical trial Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 Jun 2019 8:15 PM ISTThe findings from a recent phase 2 clinical trial found an investigational Clostridioides difficile vaccine to be safe, well-tolerated and immunogenic...
Adding Beta-lactam to daptomycin improves MRSA clinical outcomes Medha Baranwal Baranwal18 Aug 2019 7:28 PM ISTUSA: Adding beta-lactam (BL) antibiotic to daptomycin (DAP) improves clinical outcomes in patients with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus...
Even high dose of vitamin D does not prevent elders from acute respiratory infection Medha Baranwal Baranwal17 Sept 2019 7:15 PM ISTDelhi: Monthly high dose of vitamin D does not prevent acute respiratory infection (ARI) in older adults having a low prevalence of vitamin D...
New Effective Vaccines for Lyme Disease in offing Hina Zahid20 Oct 2019 7:20 PM ISTThere is no effective vaccine currently available to prevent Lyme disease in humans.Experts from academia, government, and industry convened at Cold...
Commonly prescribed quinolone eardrops may lead to perforated eardrum Medha Baranwal Baranwal6 Jun 2019 8:20 PM ISTFLORIDA: The commonly prescribed treatment for infection of the outer ear canal (acute otitis externa or swimmer's ear) -- quinolone eardrops may be...
Study supports shorter antibiotics treatment for bacteremia Vinay Singh singh16 Dec 2018 7:15 PM ISTA new study published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases has reported that treatment with a 7-day course of antibiotics is non-inferior to a 14-day...
Guideline for management of Aspergillosis Medha Baranwal Baranwal11 Jun 2018 7:03 PM ISTAspergillus species continue to be an important cause of life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients. This at-risk population is...
