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Routine molecular point-of-care testing improves influenza detection in hospitalised adults

14 January, 2021

The multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial evaluating the molecular point-of-care test-and-treat strategy for influenza (FluPOC) has shown that the routine use of this strategy improves influenza detection and other clinical...

The multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial evaluating the molecular point-of-care test-and-treat strategy for influenza (FluPOC) has shown that the routine use of this strategy improves influenza detection and other clinical...

Management of urinary tract infection: Antibiotic selection

18 December, 2020

Professor Zheng Bo Deputy director of Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Peking University Professor and Chief Physician of Peking University First Hospital Doctoral supervisor Person-in-charge of North Area Technical Centre, China...

Professor Zheng Bo Deputy director of Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Peking University Professor and Chief Physician of Peking University First Hospital Doctoral supervisor Person-in-charge of North Area Technical Centre, China...

Management of bronchiectasis: An overview

09 December, 2020

Dr IP Kar Shun Simon Consultant in Respiratory Medicine Hong Kong Baptist Hospital Hong Kong The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines for bronchiectasis in adults recommend patients with or without...

Dr IP Kar Shun Simon Consultant in Respiratory Medicine Hong Kong Baptist Hospital Hong Kong The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines for bronchiectasis in adults recommend patients with or without...

Quinolones: Historical development and use

08 December, 2020

Professor Shi Yi Jinling Hospital Affiliated to the Medical School of Nanjing University Department of Respiratory and Acute Illnesses Professor, chief physician, doctoral supervisor, post-doctoral supervisor Fellow of the American...

Professor Shi Yi Jinling Hospital Affiliated to the Medical School of Nanjing University Department of Respiratory and Acute Illnesses Professor, chief physician, doctoral supervisor, post-doctoral supervisor Fellow of the American...

Fluoroquinolones and the risk of aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection

06 December, 2020

Professor Jiun-Ling Wang Medical Doctor and Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine National Cheng Kung University Hospital Taiwan Observational studies1-4 have shown more than two-fold increased risk of aortic aneurysm...

Professor Jiun-Ling Wang Medical Doctor and Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine National Cheng Kung University Hospital Taiwan Observational studies1-4 have shown more than two-fold increased risk of aortic aneurysm...

COVID-19 and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP): The Hong Kong perspective

02 December, 2020

Dr Wilson Lam Specialist in Infectious Disease, Chiron Healthcare Group; Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK); Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong...

Dr Wilson Lam Specialist in Infectious Disease, Chiron Healthcare Group; Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK); Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong...

CDC updates recommendations for Staphylococcus aureus in NICU

30 November, 2020

Staphylococcus aureus remains a frequent source of infection in neonates, particularly affecting premature and critically ill infants.1 While infants may acquire S. aureus as part of their normal developing microbiota,...

Staphylococcus aureus remains a frequent source of infection in neonates, particularly affecting premature and critically ill infants.1 While infants may acquire S. aureus as part of their normal developing microbiota,...

Epidemiology, aetiology, and management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Hong Kong

19 November, 2020

Dr LAM Bing Director, Respiratory Medicine Centre Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital Hong Kong In Asia, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes almost one million deaths in adults annually.1 Streptococcus pneumoniae is one...

Dr LAM Bing Director, Respiratory Medicine Centre Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital Hong Kong In Asia, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes almost one million deaths in adults annually.1 Streptococcus pneumoniae is one...

Therapeutic strategies for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

05 November, 2020

Dr Pin-Kuei Fu., M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor Director of respiratory care unit, Department of Critical Care Medicine Taichung Veterans General Hospital Dr Pin-Kuei Fu, an attending physician at the Taichung...

Dr Pin-Kuei Fu., M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor Director of respiratory care unit, Department of Critical Care Medicine Taichung Veterans General Hospital Dr Pin-Kuei Fu, an attending physician at the Taichung...

Young adults are more susceptible to severe bacterial or viral disease than school-age children

05 November, 2020

The human immune system may begin to weaken much earlier than previously assumed, according to research led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.1 Research on age-specific manifestations...

The human immune system may begin to weaken much earlier than previously assumed, according to research led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.1 Research on age-specific manifestations...

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