In this emulated trial of adult patients with invasive GAS infections treated with β-lactam, linezolid appeared non-inferior to clindamycin suggesting linezolid as an alternative for adjunctive antitoxin therapy.
Streptococcus pyogenes, or group A streptococcus, remains a major global pathogen, responsible for a wide spectrum of diseases ranging from pharyngitis to severe invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) infections.1 Central to the virulence of S pyogenes ...
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality in young children (
Viral times: reflections on the COVID-19 and HIV pandemics explores how the COVID-19 pandemic can shape our understanding of the HIV pandemic, and vice versa. The book is a compilation of 16 papers written by 28 authors, and includes case studies from ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our understanding of coronaviruses. Although overshadowed by SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV still poses a public health threat. Cases were sporadic after 2019, with a case–fatality rate of 36%, but the death of all four reporte...
Hsu Y-C, Chen C-Y, Chang I-W, et al. Once-daily tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in treatment-naive Taiwanese patients with chronic hepatitis B and minimally raised alanine aminotransferase (TORCH-B): a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, paral...
MVA-MERS-S was safe and immunogenic in individuals with previous and concurrent SARS-CoV-2 exposure. The second vaccination with the 108 PFU dose of MVA-MERS-S elicited a stronger humoral immune response when administered 56 days after the first dose t...
These phase 3 efficacy and safety data provide support for aztreonam–avibactam as a potential therapeutic option for complicated intra-abdominal infection or HAP–VAP caused by Gram-negative bacteria.
Metallo-β-lactamase enzymes, named because of the presence of one or two zinc ions at the catalytic site, are responsible for β-lactam antibiotic hydrolysis and are increasing in prevalence worldwide.1 Despite the increase in antibiotic development ove...
Human African trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that is usually fatal without treatment. WHO has revised its rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis treatment guidelines on the basis of an independent systematic literature review and fo...
COVID-19 is no longer a global pandemic but remains a public health problem and new vaccine formulations are still being developed to target newly emerging variants.1 Current guidelines recommend annual vaccination for all people older than 50 years an...
Almost 18 months on from WHO declaring that COVID-19 no longer constitutes a global health emergency, governments internationally are working to evaluate their response to the pandemic and identify where improvements could be made. COVID-19: confrontin...
The COVID-19 pandemic raised unprecedented interest in communicable diseases and drew attention to (and sometimes criticism of) public health institutions globally. This broad interest in pandemic preparedness and public health authorities propelled Ba...
In COVID-19 and the right to health in Africa, editors Ebenezer Durojaye and Roopanand Mahadew bring together a series of essays exploring how COVID-19-related restrictions affected people's access to health in Africa. Authors of different chapters dis...
In mid-August, 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières was removed from a registry permitting it to operate in Russia, halting the organisation's tuberculosis programmes. Ed Holt reports.
We acknowledge the enormous efforts countries have made to achieve zero dog-mediated human rabies deaths, an initiative supported by United Against Rabies. An estimated 59 000 people die from rabies each year; most cases occur in Asia and Africa, prima...