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Long COVID and the Clinical Reality of Chronic Infections
Long COVID is the latest entry into a long list of potentially chronic, pandemic-associated infections. For many long COVID patients, some symptoms may be the result of a reactivation of an Epstein-Barr infection. -
Blood Culture Contamination: Risks and Adverse Effects
In addition to identifying several patient risk factors for contamination of blood culture specimens, the authors also highlighted various adverse clinical and financial adverse effects. -
Study: Surgery Centers Handled COVID-19 Patients Safely
Data suggest there may be no increased risk for an asymptomatic, COVID-19-positive patient to go forward with surgery, although more research is needed before surgeons can create evidence-based guidelines.
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Coalition Calls for More Federal Investment in Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention
Groups ask Congress for additional money for research, innovation, surveillance, and stewardship.
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Streamlined Lyme Disease Guidelines for Frontline Providers
With the peak period for Lyme disease approaching, new guidelines help clinicians understand when to consider the ailment in patients who present to the ED, how to properly diagnosis a case, and how to treat.
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USPSTF: Screen At-Risk Adolescents, Adults for Hepatitis B
Advocacy group says recommendations are too narrow.
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CDC Revises COVID-19 Quarantine Recommendations
Now, quarantine can end after 10 days without a COVID-19 test if the person has reported no symptoms, or after seven days with a negative test if the person has reported no symptoms.
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Investigators Find Substance Use Disorders Make Patients More Vulnerable to COVID-19
Such disorders can compromise lungs and cardiovascular system, which may explain the susceptibility.
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Another Outbreak of Acute Flaccid Myelitis Could Complicate COVID-19 Response
If previous patterns hold true, there could be an outbreak this year of acute flaccid myelitis, the frightening polio-like condition the CDC has been studying since 2014. Public health experts advise frontline providers to be particularly attuned to patients presenting with the hallmark limb weakness, and to report such cases promptly to their state health department.
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Study: No Relationship Between Blood Type, COVID-19 Severity
But those with certain blood types may be at higher risk for testing positive.