Samar Mahmoud, MS

Investigators from the University of California San Diego Medical School report on the first case of Gardnerella bacteremia in an HIV-positive male following the placement of a urinary catheter.

Anal high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are known to lead to anal cancer.

A new study compares the long-term effects of combination ART (cART) initiation during primary HIV infection with therapy initiation during chronic HIV infection.

A new study examines HCV treatment uptake in HCV patients coinfected with HIV.

This approach could significantly cut down on the cost and time needed to develop new antibiotics, which is critical considering the current antibiotic landscape.

A new study finds that many patients who are hospitalized for candiduria are not treated in compliance with IDSA guidelines.

New research finds that ineffective empiric treatment can lead to deadly consequences in late-onset sepsis patients.

A recent study seeks to determine if the combination of minocycline with colistin could decrease the incidence of acute renal failure in those treated.

Recent data demonstrated that small doses of raltegravir could lead patients developing malignancies; however, the observations had not yet been substantiated.

Investigators in China have found that the presence of the MCR-1 gene has increased in humans over a period of 5 years.

In a new study, investigators examine the advantages and drawbacks of using metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for the identification of pathogens.

Researchers turn to the literature to assess if the antibiotic cefepime causes neurotoxicity.

This study provides information on previously unidentified organisms, which has the potential to revolutionize the field of infectious disease and open doors for new therapeutics.

Phase 3 study shows that combination of elbasvir and grazoprevir is highly efficacious in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients with inherited blood disorders.

One single-center study demonstrates that for patients with hospital stays of 1 week or less, reporting bacteriology results sooner may lead to earlier discharge.

Researchers from the Department of Dermatology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have found no correlation between having psoriasis and the prevalence of hepatitis B or C.

Researchers elucidate the prevalence of hepatic steatosis in patients infected with HIV, as well as in patients coinfected with HIV and HCV.

A new study demonstrates that the drug regimen consisting of glecaprevir plus pibrentasvir for non-cirrhotic patients with HCV genotype 1-6 is safe and effective.

A recent study finds that HBV reactivation occurs earlier and is more severe in HBV/HCV coinfected patients treated with DAA therapy compared with patients treated with IFN-based therapy.

A new study published in the Journal of Hepatology evaluates the risk of HBV reactivation in veterans receiving direct-acting antiviral therapy.

A study published in Oxford University Press evaluates the effectiveness of several HIV diagnostic tests.

A new study is the first to examine the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children in the United States.

In a new study from Amsterdam, researchers have found that patients who were recently treated with azithromycin showed increased resistance to treatment for Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

A new study finds hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection to be associated with a 70% increased rate of mortality in in-hospital patients with invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD).

Researchers from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center elucidate the mode of action of #NS5A inhibitors, and learn more about the half-life of RCs in hepatitis C viruses.

Findings from a clinical trial from researchers at Hospital Saint Joseph in Marseilles give new hope to patients with HCV in whom treatment with direct-acting antivirals previously failed.

Not much is known about how HIV mono-infection contributes to the development of hepatic steatosis, due to how difficult diagnosis of this condition used to be. Now, with the developement of noninvasive tools, it is easier to diagnose steatosis.

A new study published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report details an increasing trend of hepatitis C infection in pregnant women, especially in the state of Tennessee.

A study using the Taiwan National Health Insurance research database investigated the efficacy of statin use on preventing the development of liver decompensation in patients with different cirrhosis etiologies.

Researchers from the Center for Disease Analysis investigated the incidence of hepatitis C in the European Union (EU) and examined the measures that would be needed to achieve the World Health Organization’s ultimate goal of eradicating the disease by 2030.