Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that can cause lesions, rashes, and fevers. Michigan health officials reported a cluster of syphilis infections in the eye. Ocular syphilis is typically rare and occurs in only 1% of patients. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on […]
The Hospital Authority will harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve the way it prescribes drugs, and fight the spread of superbugs. The authority pointed out that Hong Kong has seen an uptick in drug-resistant pathogens caused by an increased use of antibiotics during the Covid pandemic. Its chief infection control officer, Raymond Lai, […]
“Also, when Covid-19 patients were hospitalised, they might have been in poor condition with pneumonia. As doctors were worried there could be co-infections, they might have prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics.” Dr Raymond Lai says there has been an increase in the number of patients carrying two types of multidrug-resistant organisms. Photo: Michelle Wong But he explained […]
Upfront endoscopic necrosectomy may be suitable for certain patients with confirmed or suspected infected necrotizing pancreatitis, results of a small randomized trial suggested. In 70 patients undergoing drainage with endoscopic transluminal stenting, upfront necrosectomy immediately afterward led to fewer subsequent interventions to achieve treatment success compared with when this procedure was reserved for stubborn cases […]
Infections / China battles surge in respiratory infections among children Beijing and other parts of China are battling a surge in respiratory infections, with sick children filling some hospitals to capacity and a lack of nucleic acid kits hampering accurate diagnosis and treatment, Caixin learned. Hospitals in parts of China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and […]
What’s new: China’s cabinet announced a raft of measures Friday to tackle a wave of respiratory infections that has hit children particularly hard, as it could last until spring. Local authorities should strengthen health surveillance and other disease control measures in key places such as schools and kindergartens as cases of influenza and mycoplasma pneumoniae […]
Our study divided the urine pH value into two subgroups based on the critical value judged by the ROC curve Youden index. The results showed that a urine pH value ≥ 6.5 was an independent risk factor for CAUTI. The median urine pH value in the CAUTI group was 7 (6.5, 7.5) and that in the non-CAUTI […]
The Word: Health is not infectious but disease is Published 4:58 pm Thursday, November 23, 2023 “If friends will not walk in the narrow way with us, we must not walk in the broad way to please them. Health is not infectious but disease is.” – J.C. Ryle Rev. J. Cameron Bailey More and more, […]
Reports of clusters of unexplained pneumonia among children in multiple cities in China made headlines this week. Yet Chinese authorities and close watchers of the situation say the rise in illness is likely linked to known threats circulating after the country lifted public health restrictions — not a new pathogen. On Thursday, the World Health Organization […]
