Consensus criteria for postoperative spine infection unite wound, imaging, biomarkers, histology, and microbiology, including a pathognomonic culture rule, enabling more consistent diagnosis and ...

Results from the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed the 2018 International Consensus Meeting definition for periprosthetic joint infection had poor accuracy in identifying ...

A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee is examining and recommending a new definition for Long COVID. Federal Government, Clinicians, Employers, and Others Should Adopt ...

Superficial fungal infestations occur as infections of the skin and nails. They are caused by fungi that are everywhere around us. Fungi thrive in warm, moist conditions. Fungal infection of the nails ...

Tuberculosis (TB) latency involves infection with the bacteria that also cause active TB. However, people with TB latency do not have symptoms. Treatment for TB latency can help reduce the risk of ...

Two positive tests at an interval of at least 102 days with one interim negative test have been defined as SARS-CoV-2 re-infection for establishing surveillance systems, according to an ICMR study.

Predictive Value of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma in Tumor Recurrence and ...

Health officials have detected clusters of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) skin and soft tissue infections associated with deficient infection control ...