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In the treatment of COVID-19 inpatients, intravenous administration of dexamethasone leads to a shorter hospital stay compared with methylprednisolone, according to a study.

Both resolved and chronic infections of hepatitis C virus (HCV) lead to a higher risk of developing kidney disease, a recent study has found. This effect is further pronounced in genotype 1 HCV.

Treatment with intravenous or oral solithromycin is well-tolerated and leads to clinical improvement in most children and adolescents with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP), results of a recent study have shown.

The serine protease inhibitor camostat mesylate does not appear to be an effective antiviral agent in patients with early-phase COVID-19, having failed to stop SARS-CoV-2 in its tracks in a phase II trial.

Just as the world adapts to a new normal after the COVID-19 pandemic, a new outbreak of a not-so-new virus has been making headlines. But why the sudden concern?

Being aware of bronchial colonization results in a decreased use of initial broad-spectrum antibiotic for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), reports a recent study.

An extended antibiotic course appears to be not any better than a standard course at achieving clinical cure among children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and at risk of chronic respiratory illnesses at 4 weeks, a study has shown.

Testing for glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in admitted COVID-19 patients may facilitate the timely detection of diabetes, a recent study has found.

Diabetes mellitus and overweight or obesity appear to increase susceptibility to COVID-19 among pregnant women, with insulin-dependent gestational diabetes mellitus being associated with the disease, according to data from INTERCOVID.