Infectologia

OMS lança primeiro relatório global sobre prevenção e controle de infecção.

10 Mai, 2022 | 14:33h

Comunicado de imprensa: WHO launches first ever global report on infection prevention and control – World Health Organization

Resumo executivo: Global report on infection prevention and control – World Health Organization

 

Comentário no Twitter

A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that good Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) programmes where good hand hygiene and other cost-effective practices are followed, 70% of those infections can be prevented #IDTwitter #MedEd https://t.co/qo954eXMm8

— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem🆔🔥 (@ABsteward) May 6, 2022

 

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Resumo técnico 2 | Investigação sobre hepatite aguda de origem desconhecida em crianças na Inglaterra.

10 Mai, 2022 | 14:32h

Investigation into acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children in England Technical briefing 2 – UK Health Security Agency

Conteúdo relacionados: With usual suspects ruled out, disease detectives try to crack mystery of viral hepatitis cases in kids (várias atualizações sobre o tema)

 

Resumo no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)

NEW: @UKHSA Technical Briefing 2 on Paediatric acute hepatitis in England

A 🧵 ⤵️https://t.co/E9MvVTK505 pic.twitter.com/YZCHdCdt4U

— 🇺🇦 Meaghan Kall (@kallmemeg) May 6, 2022

 

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Relatório OMS | 14,9 milhões de mortes a mais associadas com a pandemia de COVID-19 em 2020 e 2021.

10 Mai, 2022 | 14:30h

Comunicado de imprensa: 14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 – World Health Organization

Relatório original: Global excess deaths associated with COVID-19, January 2020 – December 2021 – World Health Organization

Comentários:

Covid-19: True global death toll from pandemic is almost 15 million, says WHO – The BMJ

WHO: Nearly 15 million died as a result of Covid-19 in first two years of pandemic – STAT

WHO notes 15 million excess deaths over 2 COVID years – CIDRAP

Conteúdos relacionados:

Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21 – The Lancet

“Excess deaths” is the best metric for tracking the pandemic – The BMJ

The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts – Nature

Effects of covid-19 pandemic on life expectancy and premature mortality in 2020: time series analysis in 37 countries – The BMJ

Under-reporting of deaths limits our understanding of true burden of covid-19 – The BMJ

Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries – International Journal of Epidemiology

Just How Do Deaths Due to COVID-19 Stack Up? – Think Global Health

 

Comentário no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)

The total number of deaths associated with #COVID19 worldwide from 2020-2021 may be closer to 14.9 million: New estimates by WHO & @UNDESA.

That’s 9.5 million more deaths than reported https://t.co/qDvaA6t5KZ #HealthData pic.twitter.com/ZjABJzlgiZ

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 5, 2022

 

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Estudos mostram 2 novas plataformas promissoras de vacina contra COVID-19.

10 Mai, 2022 | 14:28h

Comentário: Studies show promise for 2 new COVID vaccine platforms – CIDRAP

Estudo 1: Efficacy and Safety of a Recombinant Plant-Based Adjuvanted Covid-19 Vaccine – New England Journal of Medicine

Estudo 2: Efficacy and Safety of the RBD-Dimer–Based Covid-19 Vaccine ZF2001 in Adults – New England Journal of Medicine

Editorial: Does the World Still Need New Covid-19 Vaccines?

 

Comentários no Twitter

Efficacy of a plant-based vaccine with adjuvant was 69.5% against symptomatic #COVID19 and 78.8% against moderate-to-severe disease. https://t.co/WH54QWCBdg pic.twitter.com/BiEYpJUD7D

— NEJM (@NEJM) May 4, 2022

ZF2001 vaccine has 87% efficacy against critical or severe #COVID19 for at least 6 months after full vaccination and was safe in large cohort of adults. #IDTwitter https://t.co/wsG0AXqI4Y pic.twitter.com/45fqwVrz9a

— NEJM (@NEJM) May 4, 2022

 

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Revisão sistemática | Intervenções no local de trabalho para reduzir o risco de infecção pelo SARS-CoV-2 fora de ambientes de cuidado à saúde.

10 Mai, 2022 | 14:27h

Workplace interventions to reduce the risk of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection outside of healthcare settings – Cochrane Library

Resumo: Interventions to reduce the risk of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2) infection among workers outside healthcare settings – Cochrane Library

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Atualização | Desafios clínicos do tratamento de infecções por Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

10 Mai, 2022 | 14:15h

Clinical challenges treating Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections: an update – JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

Conteúdos relacionados:

Overcoming Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Resistance for a More Rational Therapeutic Approach – Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Risk Factors for Acquired Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Pneumonia in Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Frontiers in Medicine

Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole versus Levofloxacin for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Infections: A Retrospective Comparative Effectiveness Study of Electronic Health Records from 154 U.S. Hospitals – Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidance on the Treatment of AmpC β-lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales, Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Infections – Clinical Infectious Diseases

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Gestão diagnóstica atrelada a menos culturas sanguíneas e antibióticos em crianças doentes.

10 Mai, 2022 | 14:10h

Comentário: Diagnostic stewardship tied to fewer blood cultures, antibiotics in sick kids – CIDRAP

Estudo original: Association of Diagnostic Stewardship for Blood Cultures in Critically Ill Children With Culture Rates, Antibiotic Use, and Patient Outcomes: Results of the Bright STAR Collaborative – JAMA Peditrics

Comunicado de imprensa: Hospitals can reduce antibiotic overuse by avoiding unnecessary blood draws in critically ill children, study shows – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

Comentário no Twitter

Results from the Bright STAR collaborative: Multi-center diagnostic stewardship found blood cultures in the PICU safely reduced overtesting and broad-spectrum antibiotic use. https://t.co/523QlbOLL2 @BrightSTAR_QI @HopkinsKids @ChildrensPhila #PICUtwitter

— JAMA Pediatrics (@JAMAPediatrics) May 2, 2022

 

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Podcast | Dicas sobre apendicite.

10 Mai, 2022 | 14:04h

#49: Appendicitis – Tips and Tricks For When It’s the Appendix – The Cribsiders

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M-A | Intervenções para doenças infecciosas em crianças e adolescentes.

10 Mai, 2022 | 14:01h

Interventions for High-Burden Infectious Diseases in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics

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COVID longa: visando a um consenso.

10 Mai, 2022 | 12:38h

Long COVID: aiming for a consensus – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

 

Comentário no Twitter

There is an urgent need for unification of terminology for the sequelae of #SARSCoV2 infection to ensure that research is directed towards and translated into interventional trials to improve outcomes

NEW Comment—#LongCOVID: aiming for a consensushttps://t.co/dZO4rBVCSY pic.twitter.com/H5ezqL0RLb

— The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (@LancetRespirMed) May 5, 2022

 

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