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Podcast: Dr Isabel Brosius speaks on monkeypox viral transmission during sexual contact at ECCMID 2023.

Among patients with enterobacterales bloodstream infection (BSI), switching from intravenous (IV) to oral antibiotics is noninferior to continuous IV antibiotic therapy in reducing treatment failure within 90 days, according to a study presented at ECCMID 2023.

In patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection (BSI), factors such as end-stage renal disease (ESRD), central venous catheter (CVC), infections due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE), resistance to empirical treatment, and unfavourable response within 48 hours each correlate with a positive follow-up blood culture (FUBC).

A new coronavirus subvariant, “Arcturus,” has been making headlines in the US with the increased number of cases and no less than the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has put it on its watch list.