Reviewed by Zachary Willis, MD MPH, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC Prolonged pandemic school closures strained families and were harmful to children’s physical…

Reviewed by S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC. Wildenthal et al. evaluated patients with a history of…

Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska, and Hannah Imlay, MD, MS, University of Utah The October 2022 issue of Transplant Infectious Disease…

Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT Casaroto and colleagues compared hand hygiene compliance via electronic monitoring in contrast to…

What’s new in understanding monkeypox clinical presentation and transmission risk Gentle “nudging” helps to improve antimicrobial stewardship Sepsis: The Beta-lactam goes first. Now, which one…

Reviewed by Hannah Imlay, MD, MS, University of Utah In a population prevalence study (NHANES network), use of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among females…

Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska This randomized controlled trial examined the effectiveness of treating asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) on incidence of UTI…

Reviewed by Zachary Willis, MD MPH; UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are well known to be associated with increased healthcare…

Reviewed by S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC I will spare you the statistics on how mortal…

Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT Schartz and colleagues describe a quasi-experimental intervention to reduce antifungal treatment for asymptomatic…

Reviewed by: Dr. Michael Payne, MD; London Health Sciences Centre The global monkeypox outbreak continues and timely identification and isolation of cases are important components…