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The duration of antiviral prescribing has become much shorter with the introduction of the Biofire Filmarray meningitis/encephalitis (M/E) panel, a study has shown. However, its influence on antibiotic prescribing or health services in a paediatric hospital is minimal.

Clinicians must be aware of the likelihood of infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV) in the presence of fissures, haemorrhagic crusts, linear erosions, erosions with angulated margins, and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate among patients with pemphigus vulgaris, suggests a study.

Outpatient oritavancin therapy for patients with acute uncomplicated cellulitis results in a decrease in 30-day hospital readmissions or admissions when compared with inpatient standard of care (SoC), a recent study has shown.

For women with cervical cancer who are undergoing radical hysterectomy, preoperative tobacco use and prolonged catheterization appear to contribute to an increased risk of developing postoperative catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs), as reported in a study.

Treatment with the oral Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) agonist selgantolimod once weekly for 24 weeks is well tolerated and generally safe in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) under viral suppression, according to a recent study.

Early treatment with a single dose of pegylated recombinant IL-29 type III interferon (IFN), otherwise known as peg lambda, significantly reduced clinical events in the phase III TOGETHER study evaluating mostly vaccinated, acutely symptomatic COVID-19 outpatients.

Pregnant women who contract COVID-19 during early and mid-pregnancy are at risk of stillbirth, but this risk may not be present when infection occurs at any time during the third trimester or before delivery, as reported in a study.