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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.

In children with cancer, early diagnosis and proper and timely treatment of ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) are necessary to achieve recovery and to prevent larger necrotic lesions, which eventually evolve in scarring sequelae, suggests a study.

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.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may be an effective treatment approach for several complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), such as nephropathy and retinopathy, a recent study has found.