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Myocarditis outbreak in children: Rare complication of parvovirus B19 infections

5 December, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

Berlin – Since the beginning of 2024, several European countries have reported unusually high numbers of infections with the human parvovirus B19 (B19V), the pathogen that causes rubella (Transfusion 2024; DOI: 10.1111/trf.18032). Germany reached a

Infections during pregnancy have so far had no consequences for…

12 November, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

medicine Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Calgary Infections with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy have apparently not harmed the development of children so far. A study in JAMA Network Open (2024; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.43697) was unable to find any

S3 guideline on bacterial urinary tract infections in adults…

24 September, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

/Gerhard Seybert, stock.adobe.com Berlin The German Society for Urology (DGU) has presented an updated S3 guideline on the epidemiology, diagnostics, therapy, prevention and management of uncomplicated, bacterial, community-acquired urinary tract infections in adults. The Innovation

Chlamydia infections can probably persist in the intestine

3 September, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

/nobeastsofierce, stock.adobe.com Wrzburg Chlamydia can apparently survive for a long time in the human intestine. Current experiments using intestinal organoids confirm the hypothesis that chlamydia could persist in this niche. In this way, chlamydia form

Sudden increase in Mpox infections in Congo

22 July, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

/TuMeggy, stock.adobe.com Kinshasa – There is a sharp increase in cases of MPOX infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the government recently announced, the cabinet was informed of an “exponential increase” in the

Similar number of new HIV infections as before…

12 July, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

/dpa Berlin – The estimated number of new HIV infections in Germany has risen to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels. Based on model calculations, there will be around 2,200 new HIV infections in 2023 (95% confidence interval

Frequent respiratory infections could protect children from severe COVID-19…

4 July, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

/Anchalee, stock.adobe.com New Haven researchers may have discovered why children and adolescents were less likely to develop severe illnesses during the coronavirus pandemic than adults. The frequent respiratory infections that they contract, especially in early

Possibly better protection against new infections if the…

12 June, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

/picture alliance, Christoph Schmidt San Francisco – The occurrence of systemic side effects after vaccination against COVID-19 with mRNA vaccine is associated with a stronger formation of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies (nAB) in the follow-up. Therefore,

The best way to prevent postoperative wound infections is with antiseptic…

20 May, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

medicine Friday, May 17, 2024 Amsterdam – According to a network meta-analysis of 41 randomized controlled studies, wound irrigation with antiseptic solutions is suitable for preventing postoperative wound infections, while irrigation with antibiotic solutions should

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