Although clinical trials have demonstrated the utility of procalcitonin (PCT) testing and potential benefit on antibiotic stewardship, findings suggest that clinicians do not order PCT testing with ...
Background: Point of care testing for C-reactive protein (CRP) has shown promise as a measure to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in respiratory tract infections (RTI), but its use in primary ...
Respiratory viruses alter the nasopharyngeal microbiome and may be associated with a distinct microbial signature. To test this hypothesis, we compared the nasopharyngeal microbiome of 135 previously ...
Respiratory tract infections are common childhood illnesses. They can spread easily through the air we breathe or via our hands. You can treat most symptoms at home while the body clears the infection ...
A study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, shows infants whose mothers receive influenza vaccination during pregnancy are less likely to be hospitalized for acute respiratory tract infection ...
The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), crossed the species barrier and started infecting humans in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The unprecedented global ...
Approximately 1 in 20 adults with outpatient respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections were readmitted to the hospital within 28 days, based on new data from more than 67,000 cases. RSV remains a ...
Two large clinical trials published by The BMJ today show that boosting vitamin D levels in adults during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was not associated with protection against respiratory tract ...
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