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Can COPD predispose a patient to severe COVID-19 infection?

The severity of COVID-19 illness caused by SARS-CoV-2 may extend from asymptomatic infection or mild self-limiting upper respiratory tract illness, to severe pneumonia with respiratory failure, or death.1 The presence...

The severity of COVID-19 illness caused by SARS-CoV-2 may extend from asymptomatic infection or mild self-limiting upper respiratory tract illness, to severe pneumonia with respiratory failure, or death.1 The presence...

Managing Urinary Tract Infection: Treatment Strategies in Japan

Professor TAKAHASHI Satoshi Department of Infection Control and Clinical Laboratory Medicine School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance to therapies widely prescribed for the management...

Professor TAKAHASHI Satoshi Department of Infection Control and Clinical Laboratory Medicine School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance to therapies widely prescribed for the management...

Gram-negative pneumonia: combination therapy and the role of quinolones

Dr Tran Thi Phuong Thuy Infectious disease specialist Chief of Unit for Tropical diseases Vinmec Times City International Hospital Vietnam Combination antibiotic therapy has been recommended by several medical...

Dr Tran Thi Phuong Thuy Infectious disease specialist Chief of Unit for Tropical diseases Vinmec Times City International Hospital Vietnam Combination antibiotic therapy has been recommended by several medical...

Management of Urinary Tract Infection with Sitafloxacin: Insights from Thailand

Dr Weerawat Manosuthi Vice Director and Infectious Diseases Specialist, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Thailand Senior Expert of Department of Diseases Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand Urinary tract infections...

Dr Weerawat Manosuthi Vice Director and Infectious Diseases Specialist, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Thailand Senior Expert of Department of Diseases Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand Urinary tract infections...

Saliva as a diagnostic tool for asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection

Accurate and rapid testing of SARS-CoV-2 infection is key to timely management of symptoms and prevention of disease transmission. Real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) performed using nasopharyngeal and respiratory specimens are the...

Accurate and rapid testing of SARS-CoV-2 infection is key to timely management of symptoms and prevention of disease transmission. Real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) performed using nasopharyngeal and respiratory specimens are the...

Treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia and post-infection care in Vietnam

Dr Pham Khac Tuong Vice Dean of Respiratory Department Xuyen A Hospital Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Classification of COVID-19 is based on disease severity, with moderate disease associated...

Dr Pham Khac Tuong Vice Dean of Respiratory Department Xuyen A Hospital Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Classification of COVID-19 is based on disease severity, with moderate disease associated...

Nanotechnology to combat COVID-19 infections

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an indelible effect, with at least 517,779,437 cases and 6,278,165 related deaths reported globally.1 Despite substantial multi-disciplinary research efforts to combat SARS-CoV-2, there is a...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an indelible effect, with at least 517,779,437 cases and 6,278,165 related deaths reported globally.1 Despite substantial multi-disciplinary research efforts to combat SARS-CoV-2, there is a...

New Developments in Infection Control in China

Hou Tieying Chief Physician, Master’s Supervisor, Chief Medical Officer of Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital Expert member of the Expert Committee on Infection Prevention and Control in Medical Institutions, National Health...

Hou Tieying Chief Physician, Master’s Supervisor, Chief Medical Officer of Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital Expert member of the Expert Committee on Infection Prevention and Control in Medical Institutions, National Health...

Treatment Strategies for Complicated Urinary Tract Infection

Professor Xu Tao Chief Physician, Professor (Associate Professor), Doctoral Supervisor Director, Department of Urology, Peking University People’s Hospital Deputy Director, Peking University Applied Lithotripsy Institute Deputy Chairman, Beijing Medical Association...

Professor Xu Tao Chief Physician, Professor (Associate Professor), Doctoral Supervisor Director, Department of Urology, Peking University People’s Hospital Deputy Director, Peking University Applied Lithotripsy Institute Deputy Chairman, Beijing Medical Association...

Age-linked variations in UTI pathogens and antibiotic resistance patterns may guide empirical antimicrobial treatment

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common reasons for hospital visits worldwide and are associated with significant economic burden.1-3 In the United States alone, an estimated 2.8...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common reasons for hospital visits worldwide and are associated with significant economic burden.1-3 In the United States alone, an estimated 2.8...

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