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Cases of severe alcohol-related hepatitis requiring inpatient management has dramatically increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in patients aged <40 years and in women, a study has found.

Children with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) may benefit from a 5-day antibiotic regimen compared with the current standard regimen of 10 days, according to results of the US-based SCOUT-CAP trial.

Unemployment, difficulties regarding household finances, and a perceived decrease in general support lead to greater anxiety and depression burden in pregnant women during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, reports a recent meta-analysis.

Following the revised guideline for severe dengue (SD), which includes intensive monitoring of vital signs among others, helps prevent death of patients with multiorgan failure and/or abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS), but not organ failure, a study has shown.

People who are exposed to online misinformation about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) become more likely to engage in unscientific practices, such as rinsing their noses with saline or eating more garlic, according to a recent Singapore study. On the other hand, misinformation discourages evidence-based prevention strategies, such as social distancing.

The use of delamanid-containing regimens is safe and effective in the management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), with high culture conversion and treatment success rates despite extensive resistance patterns, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

Point-of-care (POC) diagnostic methods, such as serology or nucleic acid amplification (NAAT) tests, have high specificity and sensitivity for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and can be effectively deployed as border control mechanisms, according to a recent Singapore study.

The risk of developing long COVID is high among women, hypertensives, and those with a higher number of initial symptoms, and these associations are independent of disease severity and clinical course, a study has found.

Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 could have an increased risk of certain conditions up to 120 days post-diagnosis, a finding which could help establish the definition of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC), according to a study presented at CROI 2022.

Immunocompromised patients, particularly those who had undergone organ transplants, show markedly lower seroconversion rates after vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a recent Singapore meta-analysis.