Infectious-diseases
Stepwise Approach of
Dengue Case ManagementPatients Group A: These are patients who are dengue
patients without warning sign and they may be sent home. These patients are
able to tolerate adequate volumes of oral fluids, pass urine at least once
every six hours. Patients Group B: These include patients with warning
signs. These are patients wh...
Monkeypox cases have been reported
in several countries in Africa such as Congo and Pakistan recently. The World Health Organization
(WHO) announced on 14 August 2024 that it declared MPox a ‘public health
emergency of international concern.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a
virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms very...
Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest public health challenges of
our time—few treatment options exist for people infected with
antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
The Infectious Diseases Society
of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) issued updated clinical
practice guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).Community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP), an infection of the lung parenchyma that occurs in persons outside of a
hospital setting, is associated with high morbidity and mortality.&nb...
Best Practice Advice from the
American College of Physicians
The American
College of Physicians (ACP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
have recognized antibiotic-resistant infections as a global threat.
Antimicrobial overuse, particularly with broad-spectrum antibiotics, drives
resistance and causes adverse events in u...
More about Nipah virus infection: This year in Bangladesh, the Nipah
virus has claimed the lives of ten individuals, marking the highest death toll
from the infection in seven years. With 71% death rate, Nipah is deadliest
infectious disease in Bangladesh.HIGHLIGHTSNipah virus has claimed the lives of ten individuals this year An additional 14 p...
The US
Food and Drug Administration have approved the world's first vaccine Ixchiq for
chikungunya. “Infection with chikungunya virus can lead to
severe disease and prolonged health problems, particularly for older adults and
individuals with underlying medical conditions,”The most common symptoms of
chikungunya include fever and joint pain. O...
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association: October,
2023Cefepime and
piperacillin-tazobactam are commonly administered to hospitalized adults for
empirical treatment of infection. Although piperacillin-tazobactam has been
hypothesized to cause acute kidney injury and cefepime has been hypothesized to
cause neurological dysfunction,...
What is Disease X?According to the World Health
Organization (WHO), “Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious
international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause
human disease.According to a UK health expert,
Disease X could lead to another pandemic more lethal than Covid-19 and could
claim at least 50 mill...
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection: April 2023Of the four DENV serotypes (DENV-1
to DENV-4), DENV-2 and DENV-3 are frequently associated with severe secondary
dengue infections.Obesity is commonly associated with
numerous comorbidities and is a major health burden. According to WHO
guidelines, the dengue patients who have underly...
Dengue is the most common
mosquito-borne, viral disease in the world. Dengue virus is a single stranded
positive polarity RNA virus, belongs to the family Flaviviridae. The Den-2 and Den-3 variants of
dengue are active this year and of the two, Den-2 is more prominent, according
to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Researc...
