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Data presented at ID Week 2021 show that Clostridioides difficile (CDI), which is known to be hospital-associated, is highly prevalent even in nonhealthcare settings.

Intramuscular administration of single-dose AZD7442, a combination of two long-acting monoclonal antibodies (tixagevimab and cilgavimab), significantly reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 in adults, according to the PROVENT* study presented at IDWeek 2021.

Access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may be expanded through pharmacies to reach racial minorities of men who have sex with men (MSM) with the highest need but are not being reached, suggest the results of a US study.

A 3-day course of remdesivir may help stave off COVID-19–related hospitalization and death, according to results of the phase III PINETREE study.

Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who receive antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs concurrently may fare better than those given only therapeutic anticoagulation, according to a study.

In hospitalized COVID-19 patients, treatment with the novel GM-CSF* neutralizing monoclonal antibody lenzilumab led to a significant improvement in survival without invasive mechanical ventilation (SWOV), findings from the phase III LIVE-AIR study suggest.

Tocilizumab does not seem to prevent the progression of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to critical disease but may still be valuable in severely ill patients when used during the early inflammatory stages, a recent study has found.