Prosthetic joint infections are often classified as early or late postoperative infections. Late infections are typically defined as infection that occurs at least 3 months after the prosthesis ...

Scientists believe they know what causes the treated infection to mimic chronic illness: the body may be responding to remnants of the bacteria that causes Lyme that tend to pool in the liver and ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9(9):787-802.

Objective: Current guidelines recommend vancomycin concentrations of 10–20 μg/mL for most infections, with higher levels (15–20 μg/mL) suggested for severe cases. However, evidence supporting these ...

Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're ...

New HIV infections are fast spreading in the Berekum Municipality of the Bono Region, recording the highest HIV and AIDS ...

You develop a fever. You see a red streak that radiates from the injury. You have joint or muscle pain. Your infection doesn't improve with home treatment or gets worse. Your healthcare provider will ...

This offers a promising solution that could address the global crisis of chronic antibiotic-resistant infections affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The work is published in npj ...

Prosthetic joint infection is a severe complication of arthroplasties, requiring effective prevention and osteoinduction strategies. Here, a bilayer coating system with antibiotics for infection ...

There is increased risk for incident heart failure in patients with infection-related hospitalization. Study results published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that ...

Signs and symptoms of pneumonia can vary, but they generally include flu-like symptoms. Infections that spread to the bloodstream are called bacteremia (also called sepsis). Symptoms of Hib bacteremia ...

Paraguay’s Health Ministry and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have launched a joint technical mission to ...