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This gathering is the nation’s largest for internal medicine doctors and has many infectious disease-related scientific sessions.

Omicron lineages, and especially BA.5, were determined to have higher reinfection rates and lower disease severity than previously circulating variants of concern.

Patients who contracted COVID-19 later in the pandemic (2021-2022) were more likely to develop new chronic diseases after infection than patients who caught COVID-19 in 2020.

Anemia is both common and independently associated with poor clinical outcomes in respiratory infections, including COVID-19.

The FDA’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee (AMDAC) voted 12-0 in favor of recommending this antibiotic and sets up a PDUFA target action date of May 29.

Since the lifting of public health restrictions, the country saw a sizable increase in incidence rates.

Post-COVID-19 conditions were more common in unvaccinated children than in children who had received at least 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

With an FDA approval, it would be the first new class of oral antibiotics for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTI) in over 20 years.

Poor sleep quality, deterioration in sleep quality, and sleep regularity were all linked to impaired lung function.

Alita Miller, PhD, senior vice president of research at Entasis Therapeutics, discusses positive trial data for Sulbactam-durlobactam (SUL-DUR) slated to be presented at ECCMID 2023.

A new study presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) examined a rapid cellular host response test designed to aid providers who are working in emergency departments and need quick, efficient diagnostic information.

These study findings suggest COVID-19 admission testing may not be necessary in hospitals, as most asymptomatic COVID-19 patients were not infectious.

With limited amounts of antibacterials, prescribers are presented with optimal therapy challenges as well as difficulties in trying to achieve stewardship.

Reducing unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for viral upper respiratory tract infections is crucial to stop the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

2 CDI recurrences occurred in this study, both in placebo recipients who were immunocompromised.

The Veterans Administration reported a reduction in the bacterial infection in healthcare settings where infection prevention practices were continued.

This study implemented an Electronic Health Record in a major hospital system to catch otherwise undetected C diff infections.

The epidemiology society worked with a few medical organizations to update the guidance to limit infections.

The case and another probable case is being presented at next week’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases conference.

“The combination of the 2 drugs was shown in this trial to be noninferior to the standard 3-drug regimen,” said Jean Michel Molina, MD, PhD, lead investigator of Merck’s islatravir/doravirine study.

Investigators looked at people living with HIV (PLWH) and the impact of this form of medication on potential cardiovascular events.

“The biggest take-home message is to treat early,” says remdesivir investigator Mark Thrun, MD.

Here's a recap of our most newsworthy coverage of the CROI 2023 conference.

Remdesivir reduces COVID-19 mortality, in hospitalized patients who both did and did not require oxygen.

At the CROI conference, AELIX Therapeutics announced positive topline results for a phase 2a clinical trial.

Despite effective vaccines and other prevention and treatment modalities, hepatitis B remains a global health challenge. “It’s not for the lack of available tools,” says professor and hepatologist H. Nina Kim, MD, MSc.

“Patients deserve more than just viral suppression,” said Harmony Garges, MD, chief medical officer of ViiV Healthcare.

A researcher who presented at CROI discusses this prolonged and debilitating condition.