Top 5 Infectious Disease Stories Week of March 2
March 8th 2024This week, the FDA-approved antiretroviral lenacapavir as it showed treatment benefits; Oral Vancomycin Prophylaxis was explored for preventing C difficile in stem cell transplant recipients; Research into the after-effects of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) uncovers biomarkers for post-infection sequelae; Chronic hepatitis B worsens COVID-19 outcomes, and cabotegravir ultra-long-acting (CABULA) has shown positive results.
All About the JUICE: Justifying Use of Non-Carbapenems for Infected NeCrotizing PancrEatitis
March 7th 2024Management of this condition has been associated with antibiotic misuse. In the latest Bench to Bedside column, clinicians offer insights on therapy indications and what the latest literature reports on the condition.
New Formulation of Cabotegravir for HIV Treatment Can be Dosed at Intervals of at Least 4 Months
March 4th 2024In a phase 1 study, the investigational therapy known as cabotegravir ultra long-acting (CAB-ULA), showed positive pharmacokinetic, tolerability, and safety data supporting a prospective move to the next stage of clinical development.
A Strategy for Reducing STIs Through Implementing Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
March 4th 2024Study presented at CROI 2024 reveals that the introduction of Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP) guidelines in San Francisco has significantly decreased the incidence of chlamydia and syphilis
Let's Call March, Hepatitis Education Month
March 2nd 2024In thinking about the international and national public health campaigns to eliminate hepatitis, is general awareness of the disease enough to motivate treatment-hesitant hepatitis patients to accept clinical care, or does there need to be a greater commitment beyond that?
Top 5 Infectious Disease Stories: Week of February 25
March 1st 2024This week, why measles and vibrio vulnificus infections are seeing outbreaks and increases in incidence rates; a medical association recommends fecal microbiota-based therapies for recurrent or severe C difficile; and an antiviral reduced a median time-to-symptom resolution.