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20 Mar 2025

Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Afghanistan

Existing studies reveal alarming levels of AMR in Afghanistan, driven by factors such as self-medication, overuse of antibiotics, and inadequate awareness…
7 Mins
13 Mar 2025

Does the Gut Microbiome Influence the Efficacy of Psychiatric Drugs?

Altered gut microbiome profiles correlate with anxiety and depression in humans, and work in animal models has identified specific…
5 Mins
13 Mar 2025

Systemic Health Impact of Leaky Barriers in the Oral-Gut-Brain Axis

The human body is a holistic system, interconnected by the circulatory, nervous, lymphatic, endocrine, and immune systems that facilitate…
5 Mins
13 Mar 2025

Intersection of the Upper Gastrointestinal Microbiome and Oesophageal Cancer

The upper gastrointestinal microbiome, a complex ecosystem of microorganisms that have historically been difficult to identify, may play a…
9 Mins
10 Mar 2025

Recurrent Bacterial Meningitis Secondary to Cribriform Plate Defect

Recurrent meningitis is a rare but serious condition, occurring in about 5% of cases of community-acquired meningitis. Recurrent episode…
7 Mins
6 Mar 2025

Ending the HIV Epidemic

The possibility of ending the HIV epidemic in Europe is more tangible than ever, but the actions we take now will determine whether we go…
7 Mins
19 Feb 2025

Azithromycin Susceptibility of Oral Streptococci in Men Who Have Sex With Men

A recent randomised controlled trial came to the surprising conclusion that dual gonococcal treatment with azithromycin/ceftriaxone…
4 Mins
18 Feb 2025

Whipple’s Disease: One of Medicine’s Great Imitators

Following an admission to the authors’ centre with severe anaemia, duodenal biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of Whipple’s disease…
10 Mins
17 Feb 2025

Navigating Antimicrobial Resistance: Interview with Timothy Walsh

We discovered NDM-1, which stands for New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, at the end of 2009, but nobody cared about it too much at the time…
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24 Jan 2025

How Do Gut Microbes Shape Immunity? Interview with Dennis Lee Kasper

It takes an interdisciplinary approach to solve complex problems in the microbiome because you couldn’t ask for a more complex system.
4 Mins
16 Jan 2025

Exploring the Infant Microbiome: Interview with Meghan Azad

Our key discoveries range from epidemiologic evidence on breastfeeding and chronic disease prevention to mechanistic research on breast milk compounds and the infant microbiome.
13 Mins
24 Dec 2024

Respiratory Diseases in Adults

According to the WHO, the proportion of the world’s population aged over 60 years will almost double, from 12% to 22%, between 2015–2050…
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12 Dec 2024

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses: The Need for High-Quality Data to Assess Disease Burden and Vaccine Performance

Respiratory viruses such as influenza, SARS-CoV-2, and RSV can lead to severe consequences and complications, especially among the elderly…
8 Mins
12 Dec 2024

Assessing CBNAAT for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis: A Retrospective Study

Tuberculosis (TB) represents a significant global public health issue, ranking as the 13th leading cause of mortality and standing as the…
9 Mins
12 Dec 2024

Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Practices on HPV Vaccination among Mothers of Adolescent Girls

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted infection linked to genital, anal, and oral warts, as well as cervical and other…
6 Mins
12 Dec 2024

Adverse Drug Events from First-Line Anti-tuberculosis Drugs

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a complex, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, thin, aerobic bacterium…
4 Dec 2024

Challenges of Unpredictability: Meningitis Prevention

Learn about the unpredictability of meningitis and the critical role of vaccination in prevention. This expert interview explores meningococcal disease, challenges in diagnosis, and the WHO’s goal to eliminate meningitis by 2030
31 Oct 2024

Tackling Infectious Diseases

This interactive article summarises key discussions from GSK sponsored symposia that took place during the ESCMID Global Congress 2024, held from 27–30th April 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.
13 Mins
27 Sep 2024

COVID-19 Vaccination Landscape

COVID-19 vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): two mRNA vaccines and a protein-based vaccine…
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13 Sep 2024

Unpredictability of Meningitis

Meningitis is a rare and unpredictable disease globally, with a high case fatality rate, causing an estimated 250,000 deaths in 2019…
8 Aug 2024

Atypical Lemierre’s Syndrome

A previously healthy 17-year-old male was transferred from a community hospital to the authors’ tertiary paediatric emergency department…
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13 Jun 2024

Atypical Lemierre’s Syndrome

A previously healthy 17-year-old male was transferred from a community hospital to the authors’ tertiary paediatric emergency department…
9 Mins
13 Jun 2024

Nipah Outbreak in Kerala: Local Dynamics and Global Threats

Nipah virus disease is a zoonotic infection caused by the Nipah virus (NiV) of the Genus Henipavirus of the Paramyxoviridae family…
5 Mins
13 Jun 2024

Central Line Bloodstream Infection

Infection leads to an increased rate and duration of hospitalisation, increased treatment costs, and high morbidity and mortality in…
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