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Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: The impact of fluoroquinolones treatment on hospital length of stay

04 August, 2021

Professor Yi-Tsung Lin Professor of Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University; Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General...

Professor Yi-Tsung Lin Professor of Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University; Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General...

Tofacitinib lowered mortality risk in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia

Disease progression in COVID-19 is associated with an impaired immune response, which leads to a cytokine release syndrome, or hyperinflammatory state.1 Treatment or management of this response could improve disease...

Disease progression in COVID-19 is associated with an impaired immune response, which leads to a cytokine release syndrome, or hyperinflammatory state.1 Treatment or management of this response could improve disease...

Approaching Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in the Age of COVID-19

Community-acquired pneumonia: Insights into macrolide resistance and a review of levofloxacin use

Dr Ton That Viet Hung Vice Director, Chief of Department of Examination Tam Tri Da Nang Hospital Vietnam According to the Survey of Antibiotic Resistance (SOAR) – an ongoing surveillance study...

Dr Ton That Viet Hung Vice Director, Chief of Department of Examination Tam Tri Da Nang Hospital Vietnam According to the Survey of Antibiotic Resistance (SOAR) – an ongoing surveillance study...

CAP in elderly: Diagnosis challenges and optimisation of antimicrobial therapy

Shen Ning, Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Vice President of Peking University Third Hospital, Director of Infectious Diseases Centre, Deputy Director of Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. She...

Shen Ning, Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Vice President of Peking University Third Hospital, Director of Infectious Diseases Centre, Deputy Director of Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. She...

Bacterial coinfection found to be prevalent among hospitalised patients with community acquired pneumonia and flu

Influenza (or flu) is a contagious viral infection of the respiratory tract.1 It is estimated that over five million hospitalisations per annum worldwide are associated with influenza viruses, with the...

Influenza (or flu) is a contagious viral infection of the respiratory tract.1 It is estimated that over five million hospitalisations per annum worldwide are associated with influenza viruses, with the...

The antimicrobial properties therapeutic prospects of new generation quinolones

Professor Huang Hai Hui Deputy Director, Institute of Antibiotics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University; Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology of Antibiotics of the Health Commission; Member of...

Professor Huang Hai Hui Deputy Director, Institute of Antibiotics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University; Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology of Antibiotics of the Health Commission; Member of...

Management of macrolide resistance in respiratory tract infections: An overview

Dr Yeung Koon Sing Consultant Respiratory Physician St. Teresa’s Hospital Hong Kong Macrolides play a key role in the empiric treatment of community-acquired respiratory tract infections, which are commonly caused...

Dr Yeung Koon Sing Consultant Respiratory Physician St. Teresa’s Hospital Hong Kong Macrolides play a key role in the empiric treatment of community-acquired respiratory tract infections, which are commonly caused...

Sitafloxacin for bacterial infections: A Thailand perspective

Dr. Dhitiwat Changpradub Head of Infectious Disease Division Department of Internal Medicine Phramongkutklao Hospital Thailand Sitafloxacin is a new generation broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone that has shown good in vitro activity not...

Dr. Dhitiwat Changpradub Head of Infectious Disease Division Department of Internal Medicine Phramongkutklao Hospital Thailand Sitafloxacin is a new generation broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone that has shown good in vitro activity not...

Understanding breakthrough COVID infections among vaccinated individuals

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted an immense effort in the scientific community, leading to the development of over 300 vaccine projects.1 Currently, three vaccines have been approved...

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted an immense effort in the scientific community, leading to the development of over 300 vaccine projects.1 Currently, three vaccines have been approved...

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