The latest article from SIDP offers a Top 5 list of how to precept a learner on an infectious disease rotation.
There is limited and conflicting data regarding the role of combination antifungal therapy for treatment of invasive mucormycosis.
Natural infection plus COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant mothers conferred more durable antibody responses in infants than natural infection alone.
Here are some insights into this upcoming 2021-2022 influenza season as well as concerns of the twindemic and addressing both the seasonal and pandemic viruses simultaneously.
With the population of adults with HIV growing older, incorporating age-based screenings, comprehensive assessments, and morbidity management into routine HIV care is essential in improving health outcomes and quality of life.
The management of hospital-acquired pneumonia requires use of preventive bundles, mitigative of risk factors, and prompt diagnosis with initiation of treatment when highly suspected.
Access to antifungal susceptibility testing (AFST) remains limited in the United States. Therefore, providers must recognize clinical situations where AFST will provide its greatest value. In the latest article from SIDP, infectious disease pharmacists offers some insights on this subject.
Nonspecific, nondolent symptoms make this disease difficult to diagnose.
Outside of vaccines, these underutilized therapies are the best defense against severe disease.
Introducing “Bench to Bedside With SIDP,” a new column covering everything from antimicrobial stewardship and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics to mentorship, preceptorship, and more.
Similar to HIV, the colonial and postcolonial history is fundamental to the biology of this monkeypox outbreak.
In the latest column from SIDP, the authors discuss having leaders to help navigate school and beyond.
Due to worsening headaches and unrevealing cross-sectional imaging and ascites fluid analyses, this patient's differential evolved toward a central nervous system source.
The implementation of new College of American Pathologists rules presents an opportunity for collaboration between clinical microbiology laboratories and infectious disease pharmacists and physicians.
A patient with a history of lupus nephritis initially presented with right hand and arm symptoms that were attributed to a lupus flare. However, eight months later, the patient experienced increasing pain and edema in his right hand, leading to a diagnosis of Histoplasma tenosynovitis.
In the latest column from SIDP, clinicians discuss that along with the once-daily dosing for many indications, there are also compelling indications for twice-daily dosing.
A balance between antimicrobial stewardship and the search for multidrug-resistant organisms.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports the rise in pediatric acute respiratory illnesses especially as there is a decrease in hygiene measures that were previously employed during the pandemic.
Closing out their discussion on Clostridioides difficile infection, panelists share closing thoughts on novel pipeline therapies.
Joseph Eron, MD, Daniel R. Kuritzkes, MD, and Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, discuss the likelihood of other combination regimens for the treatment of multidrug-resistant HIV, including monoclonal antibodies.
At 7.1%, vitamin C deficiency in the US is rare. Unfortunately, identifying scurvy is complex, frustrating, and time-consuming for both patient and provider.
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, oral treatment options for at-home use are in demand to provide early intervention and reduce the progression to severe disease, hospitalization, and death.
Imprecise language can fuel infodemics and misinformation and damage public trust.
This novel therapeutic option represents the first long-acting injectable approved for maintenance of HIV-1 suppression.
As someone who lives with the long-term effects of chikungunya, Camillo Mora PhD, sees the expanding habitat of mosquitos and is concerned more people will be exposed to vector-borne illnesses and deal with not only the acute phases of these viruses but also the possibility of long-term health effects they can present.
Social media platforms, public health agencies, and communities must join forces to stop the rapid spread of false information.
With evolving weather patterns, the natural habitat of ticks is expanding, and more people are becoming susceptible to them.
In this era of increasingly mobile and connected populations, it is possible for an infection to spread around the world in 24 to 48 hours.