University of Michigan Health’s Ann Arbor adult hospitals were ranked best in Michigan and in the top 20 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings for 2025-2026.

Emily Abdoler, MD, MAEd, clinical educator and educational researcher in the Division of Infectious Diseases, and recent National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence 2025 induc...

There are certain irrefutable verities when, like me, you’re an infectious diseases specialist married to a pediatrician. Here are our top two, which are deeply interrelated: Infectious deaths in chil...

The model produced patient risk scores, based on electronic health record data and location in the hospital, that were used to guide infection prevention.

This quality improvement study examines a 28-month quality improvement program that used an institution-specific AI model to guide Clostridioides difficile infection prevention efforts at a large acad...

Transplantation of kidneys from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV is increasing. Among 18 recipients, there was one confirmed case of donor-derived HI

Guidance for infectious disease care in the face of human conflict: a case-based narrative review - Volume 5 Issue 1

This JAMA Patient Page describes hantavirus infection and the syndromes it can cause, as well as treatment options and prevention measures.

Alt: a yellow flag with a blue m on it is flying in front of a crowd

For patients on durable left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), prior work has documented that more shared patients among clinicians (connectedness) i…

In hospitalized patients, gut colonization by the bacterial pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is a major risk factor for the development of infections. The genome of Kp varies across isolates, and t...

This JAMA Patient Page describes typhoid fever and its symptoms, vaccination options, and disease risk reduction measures.

Multisociety guidance for sterilization and high-level disinfection

Baloxavir marboxil (baloxavir) rapidly reduces influenza virus shedding, which suggests that it may reduce transmission. Studies of treatment with neuraminidase inhibitors have not shown sufficient...

Thirteen University of Michigan faculty members earned election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2024.

Scientific discoveries are necessary to eliminate epidemic diseases. But addressing socioeconomic factors is just as essential in the fight against diseases such as syphilis, AIDS and TB.

The antibiotic combination is indicated for adults with limited or no treatment options, including gram-negative infections. It will be available in the third quarter of this year.

Pivmecillinam has recently been approved for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in the United States. This systematic review of 110 studies

### What you need to know Fever of unknown origin (also known as fever of undetermined origin or pyrexia of unknown origin) is often a debilitating clinical syndrome. Patients with this syndrome pres...

Lyme disease, due to Borrelia species transmitted by Ixodes ticks, is widespread in the Eastern United States as well as in both Canada and Europe. New Lym

Having just completed a stint doing inpatient ID consults, I came away impressed with three things: Staph aureus remains the Ruler of Evil Invasive Pathogens in the hospital setting. You can “jinx” a ...

In this retrospective single center case series, we found that while rates of blastomycosis remain low among SOT and HCT recipients, infection is associated with poor posttransplant outcomes. Antigen...

The Nigerian federal government has officially commenced its malaria vaccination program, with Kebbi and

Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus/human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients can be life-threatening. We evaluated the seroprevalence of HHV-...

Memories of 2014, when the disease ravaged west Africa, are raw, while risk remains high. This week the first ever nationwide prevention programme begins – and doctors hope it will be enough to fend o...

C. auris, a serious public health threat that may have emerged because of climate change, persists on human skin and inanimate objects, frequently causing difficult-to-control outbreaks in health c...

Collaborations between ophthalmologists and infectious disease specialists are critical for optimizing care of many patients with eye infections. We review

The Transplantation Society will provide the focus for global leadership in transplantation: development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education, guidance ...

AbstractBackground. Although intravenous antibiotics have historically been the standard of care for bone and joint infections, clinical trial data has hig

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