Infectious Disease

A session presenter at the ASCP 2022 Annual Meeting explained how the COVID-19 pandemic significantly magnified the importance of infection prevention and control practices in long-term care.

School can spread more than knowledge- some researchers suggest that pink eye is most commonly spread among school students.

Monkeypox may be transmitted through conjunctivitis, according to a new study.

The objective of the trial was to compare letermovir with valganciclovir in preventing CMV disease in adults who received a kidney transplant and who are at high risk for CMV disease.

Staying informed through the right sources and being mindful of antibiotic usage can help health care providers and patients be more prepared for future pandemics.

The TaqMan SARS-CoV-2, Flu A/B, RSV RT-PCR multiplex assay can differentiate between 3 different viral infections (including COVID-19), making it highly cost-effective.

Males are more likely to suffer from the sexual dimorphism of hepatitis B infection, suggesting that sex hormones have a role in complication risk.

There is not yet an FDA-approved treatment available for monkeypox, but existing antiviral agents have been found to be effective in vitro and in animal studies.

Having a platform like Neil in a university to combat equity, diversity, and other measures in the public health space is a unique benefit as a pharmacist.

Included in the literature review were the known neurologic complications of smallpox, including encephalitis, transverse myelitis, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.

Investigators find 8 of 10 of the most common symptoms were reported between 50% and 80% less often among those who received at least 2 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations.

Predictably, patients in underserved rural, urban communities will face challenges gaining access to approved study sites.

How would you handle these patient questions?

Meropenem and vaborbactam is indicated for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections for patients aged 18 years and older.

The move would help ensure timely access to vaccination following the declaration of monkeypox as a public health emergency.

Michael Ganio, PharmD, MS, BCPS, FASHP, senior director of pharmacy practice and quality at ASHP, discussed the declaration of monkeypox as a public health emergency

Results also show that nearly half are not sure whether a vaccine exists, and a large majority know that the disease spreads through close contact.

Researchers suggest that the current case definition of monkeypox be broadened to include genital lesions and sores on the mouth or anus as symptoms to prevent misdiagnoses.

Early intervention, prudent use of antibiotics can help patients treat condition, speed recovery.

Famvir, a prodrug of penciclovir, is a nucleoside analog DNA polymerase inhibitor indicated for adults patients who are immunocompetent with herpes labialis (cold sores); treatment of recurrent episodes of genital herpes; and treatment of recurrent episodes, suppressive therapy of recurrent episodes and herpes zoster (shingles).

Symtuza, a 4-drug combination of darunavir (DRV), a HIV-1 protease inhibitor; cobicistat (COBI), a CYP3A inhibitor; and emtricitabine (FTC) and tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), both HIV-1 nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors, is indicated as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in patients who weigh at least 40 kg.

This month's OTC Cases focuses on heartburn, pinworm infection, and food poisoning.

Prezista is an protease inhibitor indicated for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in patients aged 3 years and older.

They play an indispensable role in the vaccination and management of complex regimens.

Infections at community hospitals fell by 63% after 1 year and 77% after 3 years, new data show.