Despite having a good specificity for tuberculous pleural effusion diagnosis, genotype MTBDRplus line probe assay could not be included in most diagnostic algorithms as a result of its low sensitivity.
Exposure to carbapenem and carboxypenicillin or ureidopenicillin during the week before onset of ventilator-associated pneumonia and the severity of disease with regard to respiratory and hematologic failures were independent risk factors for the occurrence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia-related VAP.
A prevention bundle composed of 7 interventions for patients at high-risk for non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) was effective in significantly reducing HAP rates.
The CDC has issued 3 recommendations for mitigating a reduction in tuberculosis testing capability.
Oral voriconazole may be more effective than oral itraconazole for initial maintenance therapy in patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
Whole-genome sequencing was better at identifying nosocomial influenza A outbreak clusters than hemagglutinin (HA)/neuraminidase (NA) gene sequencing.
Researchers reported a case of drug resistance against 2 recently approved antitubercular medications: delamanid and bedaquiline.
Tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine is effective in middle-income countries like Argentina.
While sepsis was the most common immediate cause of death at 6 US academic and community hospitals, most patients had severe chronic comorbidities.
In addition to sociodemographic factors, preterm birth and older age were associated with lower rotavirus vaccine coverage.
