Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Antibiotic use near the end of life often offers limited symptom relief while increasing treatment burden.

Gonococcal endocarditis may present as aggressive, culture-negative infection with embolic complications and severe valvular destruction.

Intersectional discrimination may reduce HIV viral suppression by increasing stimulant and tobacco use among sexual minoritized men.

Infectious disease forecastability varied by season, pathogen, and population size, shaping how well hospital admissions were predicted.

Gut microbiome shifts may help drive atherosclerosis and peripheral artery disease through inflammatory and metabolic pathways.

Cholera remains rare in travelers, but risk rises with unsafe water, outbreak exposure, and delayed treatment.

Latent tuberculosis infection was common in type 2 diabetes, with poor glycemic control linked to higher risk.

HIV preexposure prophylaxis uptake remained low among US youths, with disparities by age, sex, region, and policy.