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Malen Aguirre
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Médica infectóloga - Hospital Central Dr. Ramón Carrillo, San Luis, Argentina #IDSky
Paucibacillary tuberculosis drives the low positive predictive value of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for rifampicin resistance detection in low-prevalence settings

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March 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Mapping the global prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria, 2000-22: a spatial and temporal modelling study

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Mapping the global prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria, 2000-22: a spatial and temporal modelling study - PubMed
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.
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March 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Reposted by Malen Aguirre
Post-hoc analysis of 📷 📷 study in MSSA/MRSA bacteremia:

Persistent fever = indicator for complicated infection

Fever on Day 4️⃣: aOR (3.7 (95% CI: 1.58-8.67)) mortality
Fever on Day 7️⃣: aOR: (8.78 (95% CI: 2.78-27.7)

🚫 assn between ⬆️CRP/WBC and mortality

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Association of daily body temperature, white blood cell count, and C-reactive protein with mortality and persistent bacteremia in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a post-hoc analysis of...
AbstractIntroduction. Classification of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) as complicated versus uncomplicated is based on a combination
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January 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs During Pregnancy and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States

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What's New: Perinatal HIV Clinical Guidelines | NIH
View updates to the clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of HIV during pregnancy to prevent perinatal HIV transmission.
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February 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Effect of a spatial repellent on malaria incidence in an area of western Kenya characterised by high malaria transmission, insecticide resistance, and universal coverage of insecticide treated nets: a cluster-randomised, controlled trial

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Effect of a spatial repellent on malaria incidence in an area of western Kenya characterised by high malaria transmission, insecticide resistance, and universal coverage of insecticide treated nets (p...
Our trial provides the first evidence of a demonstrative spatial repellent protective efficacy in reducing risk of malaria infection in an African setting characterised by high malaria transmission, p...
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February 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Activity of Aztreonam-avibactam and other β-lactamase inhibitor combinations against Gram-negative bacteria isolated from patients hospitalized with pneumonia in United States medical centers (2020–2022)

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Activity of Aztreonam-avibactam and other β-lactamase inhibitor combinations against Gram-negative bacteria isolated from patients hospitalized with pneumonia in United States medical centers (2020–20...
Initial antimicrobial therapy for pneumonia is frequently empirical and resistance to antimicrobial agents represents a great challenge to the treatment of patients hospitalized with pneumonia. We eva...
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January 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Single-dose suraxavir marboxil for acute uncomplicated influenza in adults and adolescents: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial

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Single-dose suraxavir marboxil for acute uncomplicated influenza in adults and adolescents: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial - Nature Medicine
Suraxavir marboxil, an antiviral drug designed to inhibit the polymerase acidic protein of influenza, alleviates symptoms in individuals with influenza faster than placebo in a phase 3 trial conducted...
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January 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Human Infection with a Novel Tickborne Orthonairovirus Species in China

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Human Infection with a Novel Tickborne Orthonairovirus Species in China | NEJM
This report describes a novel tickborne orthonairovirus species identified in patients presenting with an acute febrile illness in China.
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January 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A Pooled Pharmacokinetic Analysis for Piperacillin/Tazobactam Across Different Patient Populations: From Premature Infants to the Elderly

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A Pooled Pharmacokinetic Analysis for Piperacillin/Tazobactam Across Different Patient Populations: From Premature Infants to the Elderly - Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Background and Objectives The pharmacokinetics (PK) of piperacillin/tazobactam (PIP/TAZ) is highly variable across different patient populations and there are controversies regarding non-linear elimin...
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December 28, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Effectiveness of ceftazidime–avibactam versus ceftolozane–tazobactam for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the USA (CACTUS): a multicentre, retrospective, observational study - The Lancet Infectious Diseases

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December 24, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Reposted by Malen Aguirre
No standard method to capture penicillin allergy de-labeling
🆕💫 Dr.Blumenthal et Al developed & validated a simple penicillin allergy de-labeling measure from EHRs can be used to assess penicillin allergy de-labeling prevalence across hospital systems #idsky
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Derivation and Validation of an Electronic Health Record Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling Prevalence Measure
With no standard method to capture penicillin allergy de-labeling prevalence across populations, we developed and validated a simple penicillin allergy de-
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December 22, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Reposted by Malen Aguirre
Fantastic 🆕️🔥Review
Not all carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains are alike: tailoring antibiotic therapy based on resistance mechanisms #idsky #EMIMCC #medsky #utisky #AMssky
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December 18, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Oral switch vs continued intravenous antibiotic therapy in patients with bacteraemia and sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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December 10, 2024 at 10:54 PM


JCI - Assessing advances in three decades of clinical antiretroviral therapy on the HIV-1 reservoir

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JCI - Assessing advances in three decades of clinical antiretroviral therapy on the HIV-1 reservoir
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December 2, 2024 at 12:55 AM
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Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Hospitalizations in US Adults, October 2016 to September 2023

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Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Hospitalizations in US Adults
This cross-sectional study identifies hospitalizations, intensive care unit admissions, and in-hospital deaths associated with respiratory syncytial virus in US adults from 2016 through 2023.
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November 18, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Tenofovir and Hepatitis B Virus Transmission During Pregnancy
A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Tenofovir and Hepatitis B Virus Transmission During Pregnancy
This noninferiority randomized clinical trial investigates whether administering tenofovir to pregnant individuals with hepatitis B virus beginning at gestational week 16 is noninferior to administeri...
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November 18, 2024 at 2:34 PM