A high prevalence of antibiotic use and skin and soft tissue infections caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus were identified in Indigenous Canadian communities.
Household environment plays a key role in the transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin and soft tissue infections.
In women from 2 independent ethnic groups relocating from Thailand to the United States, investigators found a rapid increase in gut microbiome antibiotic resistance genes richness and abundance.
Data published in JAMA Surgery showed that patients with 30-day postoperative infection had a 3.2-fold higher risk for 1-year infection and a 1.9-fold higher risk for mortality compared with those with no infections.
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is extremely stable during the varicella replication phase and subsequent establishment of latency in sensory ganglia throughout the body.
Investigators found a decline in pediatric herpes zoster incidence and a significantly lower incidence among vaccinated children.
Ceftobiprole was highly active against most clinical isolates of the major Gram-positive and Gram-negative skin and soft tissue infection pathogen groups.
Trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole or clindamycin confer a modest benefit for several important outcomes, but this is offset by a similar risk for adverse effects.
Researchers evaluate low-dose vs standard-dose azithromycin in achieving clinical and serological cure in yaws.
The new adjuvant herpes zoster subunit vaccine would cost less and offer good value compared with the current live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine.
