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Azithromycin for the Prevention of COPD

Recently published on "Respiratory Research 2014", Systemic Steroids in COPD-the beauty and the beast

SUMMARY
Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are defined clinically by increased dyspnea, cough, spu...

Vitamin D and autoimmune thyroid diseases

Recently published on "Immunologic Research", Vitamin D and autoimmune thyroid diseases: facts and unresolved questions
SUMMARYVitamin D deficiency (levels lower than 20 ng/ml) is becoming a global health problem, since it is increasingly ...

Autoimmunity in 2015

2015 ACR meeting is getting closer. We refresh the contents of last year edition by suggesting The 2014 ACR annual meeting: a bird’s eye view of autoimmunity in 2015
SUMMARY The November 2014 annual meeting of the American College of...

HRV in Africa: an evaluation

On Expert Review of Vaccines, an evaluation of HRV impact and effectiveness in African countries - "Human rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix): focus on effectiveness and impact 6 years after first introduction in Africa"
SUMMARY:A decade after licensure of ...

Measles-induced immunomodulation

WAidid suggests the article appeared on Science 8, May 2015: "Long-term measles-induced immunomodulation increases overall childhood infectious disease mortality"
SUMMARYMeasles vaccination is one of the most cost-effective interventions for global ...

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Professor Yehuda Shoenfeld, WAidid board member, suggests the editorial of the last issue of Lupus: "Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: from diagnostic challenges to predictive possibilities"
AUTHORS: A. Soriano & Y. Shoenfeld
SUMMARYGiven th...

Use of omalizumab: a review

Recently published on "Pediatric Allergy and Immunology", a Systematic review on the use of omalizumab for the treatment of asthmatic children and adolescents
AUTHORS: Rodrigo G.J., Neffen H.
SUMMARYThere is less data on omalizumab ...

Latent TB infections

WHO informs that on 28 May 2015 the NEJM published an article by authors from the Global TB Programme of WHO and Johns Hopkins University on latent tuberculosis (TB) infection, the management of which constitutes an important component of...

From PCV7 to PCV13 in Norway

Decreased Carriage and Genetic Shifts in the Streptococcus pneumoniae Population After Changing the 7-Valent to the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine in Norway, the article recently published on PIDJ.
SUMMARY
Streptococcus pneumoniae commonly col...

Enterovirus D68 Infection, Chile, 2014

AUTHORS: Juan P. Torres, Mauricio J. Farfan, Giannina Izquierdo, Paula Piemonte, Juan Henriquez, Miguel L. O’Ryan
Enterovirus D68 Infection, Chile, Spring 2014
SUMMARYEnterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is an emergent viral pathogen associated wit...

Osteoarthritis Essentials

On Arthritis Care & Research, the recently publisched article What Do People With Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis Need to Know? An International Consensus List of Essential Statements for Osteoarthritis.
Summary
Hip and knee osteoarthritis are ...

Bronchiectasis in adults

The way to treat bronchiectasis was reviewed in an article recently published on the European Respiratory Journal (2015 May; 45(5):1446-62)
SUMMARYBronchiectasis not due to cystic fibrosis is characterised radiologically by permanent ...

UK recommends HPV vaccination for MSM

UK committee recommends HPV vaccination for MSM. The UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended during its meeting in November 2014, that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine should be offered to men who have ...

Adenovirus in HSC transplant recipients

WAidid weekly suggested publication is the article recently published on PIDJ, Impact of Adenoviral Stool Load on Adenoviremia in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Summary
Viruses are an important cause of diar...

Plasmodium vivax Malaria

The article recently published on PIDJ Plasmodium vivax Malaria: Challenges in diagnosis, treatment and elimination provides an overview on the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and clinical management of Plasmodium Vivax...

Staph. Aureus in first months of life

"Factors Affecting Staphylococcus aureus Colonization of the Nasopharynx in the First Six Months of Life", the article recently published on PIDJ
Summary
Staphylococcus aureus (SA) infections have shown a dramatic increase in the past decade. The b...

SIRS Criteria in Defining Severe Sepsis

Severe sepsis requires suspected or proven infection, organ failure, and signs that meet two or more criteria for the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). The article Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Criteria in Defining Severe...

Adjuvanted HZ/su vaccine in older adults

"Efficacy of an Adjuvanted Herpes Zoster Subunit Vaccine in Older Adults", a new important study published at the end of April on the New England Journal of Medicine.
Summary of the article
Herpes zoster, or shingles, results from the reactivation ...

ESPID update of 2014 guidelines for rotavirus vaccination in EU

According to WHO, today gastroenteritis represent a real health emergency: every year, around the world, infection caused by rotavirus (the first cause for gastroenteritis) kills about half a million deaths under the age of 5. App...

ASD occurrence by MMR vaccine status

"Autism Occurrence by MMRVaccine Status Among US Children With Older Siblings With and Without Autism", a new important study discrediting the correlation between MMR Vaccine and autism, published at the end of April on the Journal of the American Me...

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