Quick Take: Antibiotic management of urinary tract infection in elderly patients in primary care and its association with bloodstream infections and all-cause mortality
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common bacterial infection in elderly patients, and the spectrum of illness ranges from...
Quick Take: Duration of antibiotic treatment for common infections in English primary care: cross sectional analysis and comparison with guidelines
Antibiotic resistance is a growing challenge across the globe. As such, there have been increasing efforts towards reducing unnecessary or...
Quick Take: Association of Systemic Antibiotic Treatment of Acne With Skin Microbiota Characteristics
Systemic antibiotics are commonly used in the treatment of acne. However, the impact of their use on the complete bacterial...
New herpes zoster vaccine predicted to be more cost effective than predecessor
1. In a computational model, the new “recombinant zoster vaccine” (RZV) was predicted to be most cost-effective than the previous...
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#DYK? 1.5 million more youth used e-cigarettes in 2018 compared to 2017. Learn how to talk to the young people in your life about the risks of using e-cigarettes this #BackToSchool season: bit.ly/2MnBRUU.
#HCPs: As your office prepares for the upcoming #fluseason, check out CDC’s toolkit of resources to help your staff make strong flu vaccine recommendations this fall. bit.ly/2QFA1wK #FightFlu
.@statnews has a great package on #lymedisease today Story about the past struggles of a vaccine and what's in devt: statnews.com/2019/08/22/lym… And 2 op-eds about gene drive to prevent Lyme: statnews.com/2019/08/22/lym… statnews.com/2019/08/22/gen…
STAT is putting a special focus on #Lymedisease today, with a deep dive on new preventive methods and head-to-head perspectives on whether we should use gene editing to stop the disease.
Global warming has already vastly increased #LymeDisease as bacteria-bearing ticks spread. #climate #health #GPC twitter.com/CTVNews/status…
Global warming may facilitate spread of mosquito-borne diseases in Canada: expert https://t.co/XSFdnDi7Wk pic.twitter.com/SH3Mn0clWW
— CTV News (@CTVNews) August 20, 2019
