Real-world data show DoxyPEP implementation among PrEP users significantly reduces the incidence of chlamydia and syphilis.

Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) involves taking an antibiotic soon after sex without a barrier method to ...

LAS VEGAS — Amid stepped-up efforts to prevent hospital-associated venous thromboembolism, 2 new studies raise questions about the appropriate use and effectiveness of pharmacologic prophylaxis. Given ...

Investigators examined whether early systemic antibiotic prophylaxis reduces ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence in mechanically ventilated adults with acute brain injury.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27(7):647-648. From the beginning, the scientific basis for recommendations for endocarditis prophylaxis was not well established. The evidence supporting prophylaxis ...

Rifaximin prophylaxis was no better than placebo at preventing deaths and other negative outcomes from spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in patients with severe cirrhosis, according to interim ...

Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) led to similar overall survival (OS) and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)-free relapse-free survival (GRFS) in patients who received a hematopoietic stem ...

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Adding vancomycin to beta-lactam prophylaxis with cefazolin did not help prevent surgical-site infections in patients undergoing arthroplasty mostly for the knees or hips, a randomized trial showed.

Rheumatic heart disease affects more than 40.5 million people worldwide and results in 306,000 deaths annually. Echocardiographic screening detects rheumatic heart disease at an early, latent stage.