In this episode of Communicable, hosts Emily McDonald and Marc Bonten are joined by Sylvain Lother and Valentijn Schweitzer for a discussion on the use of macrolides in community-acquired pneumonia. Together, they examine the evidence for adding a macrolide to beta-lactam therapy, which patients may...

In July 2024, a global shortage of blood culture bottles forced healthcare institutions in Japan to modify blood culture collection practices. This nationwide observational study evaluated the impact ...

Within the family of Enterobacteriaceae, few species have evolved in parallel with the history of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases as closely as Klebsiella pneumoniae. First described in ...

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being used in the systematic review process. Our objective was to explore data extraction performance of six LLMs from a published systematic review of in...

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being used in the systematic review process. Our objective was to explore data extraction performance of six LLMs from a published systematic review of in...

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a leading cause of encephalitis. This study aimed to examine associations between timing of acyclovir and outcome of patients with VZV encephalitis.

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a leading cause of encephalitis. This study aimed to examine associations between timing of acyclovir and outcome of patients with VZV encephalitis.

The world often feels dark when seen through today's headlines. Conflict, division, mistrust, and crisis compete for attention.1 However, working and training in infectious diseases offers a different...

Urinary tract infections (UTI) constitute a major global health burden, causing over 400 million cases annually [1]. Women are disproportionately affected, experiencing an incidence rate 3.6-fold high...

Limited data suggest that bacterial vaginosis (BV) and the composition of the vaginal microbiome may be associated with urinary symptoms and urinary tract infection (UTI). We investigated these relati...

This guideline is meant for the diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of adult patients without an immunocompromising condition with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who present at the hospital.

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To describe severe community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) clonal complex (CC) 152 infections identified in the Netherlands.

Oral fosfomycin is a guideline-recommended first-line treatment for uncomplicated cystitis. However, fosfomycin has demonstrated lower clinical and/or microbiological cure rates compared with other an...

Pertussis diagnosis relies mainly on PCR tests because of their higher sensitivity and faster results than culture methods. This led to a shortage of clinical isolates for resistance testing and genom...