Sweta Gupta

Investigators analyzed hospitalization data of children in 14 states and found that — although COVID-19–associated hospitalization among children is low compared with that of adults — 1 in 3 hospitalized children was admitted to an ICU.

One potential driver of high antibiotic prescribing rates for acute respiratory infections is patient’s prior care experiences.

A team of investigators conducted a phase 3, double-blind trial to assess the impact of vitamin D supplementation on risk of tuberculosis infection in public schoolchildren in Mongolia.

A team of researchers performed a systematic review to assess the methodologic quality of studies on the use of chest computed tomographic (CT) imaging in patients with COVID-19 and to determine the frequency of different chest CT findings.

Researchers explored the question of the seasonality of SARS-CoV-2 by reviewing evidence related to viral viability, transmission, ecological patterns, and observed epidemiology of COVID-19 in the Southern Hemispheres’ summer and early fall.

The American College of Physicians does not recommend chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine, with or without azithromycin, as prophylaxis against or as treatment for COVID-19.

A team of investigators from the Cleveland Clinic developed a prospective registry of all patients tested for COVID-19 in their health system that was used to validate a model to predict the risk of an individual having a positive COVID-19 test result.

A study revealed that primary care clinicians do not closely follow clinical practice guidelines with regard to antibiotic prescribing for acute sinusitis and frequently overprescribe antibiotics.

Reporting the number of excess deaths associated with COVID-19 may help to provide a more accurate accounting of the effect of the pandemic.

A team of investigators conducted a 2-year prospective cohort study to assess the incidence of and outcomes associated with sepsis in newborns.

IDSA has outlined several recommendations aimed at reducing the risk forunintended consequences of the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Early Management Bundle.

Higher levels of C reactive protein may be a predictive marker in determining which patients with mild coronavirus disease 2019 will progress to a severe case.

Onset of dyspnea, particularly with precipitous drops in oxygen saturation especially with exertion, can help clinicians to more easily distinguish coronavirus disease 2019 from other common and treatable illnesses.

Unrecognized asymptomatic and presymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections might contribute to transmission in long-term care facilities.

Despite the higher effectiveness of the quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine against the added B virus lineage, trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine.

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.

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis complicates treated pulmonary tuberculosis frequently.

In this study, researchers examined the appropriateness of diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in individuals with and without HIV.

Apnea-hypopnea index concluded that hematocrit levels and presene of erthrocytosis are not associated with OSA.

Oxidative stress may play an important role in the development of recurrent wheezing following viral ARIs in infancy.

Researchers found a significant association with declining forced vital capacity and diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide with ICOS and CD28.