Antimicrobial overuse is a major health care issue that contributes to antibiotic resistance. Such overuse includes unnecessarily long durations of antibiotic therapy in patients with common bacterial infections, such as acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, com...
Direct maternal infections around the time of childbirth account for about one tenth of
the global burden of maternal death. Women who develop peripartum infections are also
prone to severe morbidity, long-term disabilities such as chronic pelvic pain, fallopian tube
blockage and secondary infertility. M...
La infección por Helicobacter pylori (HP) es la infección crónica más común en humanos (1, 2).
Se trata de una bacteria gram negativa espiralada, microaerofílica (3) que por su contenido en
ureasa, motilidad y capacidad para adherirse al epitelio gástrico puede sobrevivir y proliferar en
el medio ...
Sieswerda, E;
Boer, M.G.J. de;
Bonten, M. M. J;
Boersma, W. G;
Jonkers, R. E;
Aleva, R. M;
Kullberg, B. J;
Schouten, J. A;
van de Garde, E.M. W;
Verheij, T. J;
van der Eerden, M. M;
Prins, J. M;
Wiersinga, W. J.
The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy constituted a multidisciplinary expert committee to provide evidence-based recommendation for the use of antibacterial therapy in hospitalized adults with a respiratory infection and suspected or proven 2019 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We performed a liter...
Falavigna, Maicon;
Colpani, Verônica;
Stein, Cinara;
Azevedo, Luciano César Pontes;
Bagattini, Ângela Maria;
Brito, Gabriela Vilela de;
Chatkin, José Miguel;
Cimerman, Sérgio;
Corradi, Mirian de Freitas Dal Ben;
Cunha, Clóvis Arns da;
Medeiros, Flávia Cordeiro de;
Oliveira Júnior, Haliton Alves de;
Fritscher , Leandro Genehr;
Gazzana, Marcelo Basso;
Graf, Débora Dalmas;
Marra, Lays Pires;
Matuoka , Jéssica Yumi;
Nunes, Michelle Silva;
Pachito, Daniela Vianna;
Pagano, Cássia Garcia Moraes;
Parreira, Patrícia do Carmo Silva;
Riera, Rachel;
Silva Júnior, Amilton;
Tavares, Bruno de Melo;
Zavascki, Alexandre Prehn;
Rosa, Régis Goulart;
Dal-Pizzol, Felipe.
Different therapies are currently used, considered, or proposed for the treatment of COVID-19; for many of those therapies, no appropriate assessment of effectiveness and safety was performed. This document aims to provide scientifically available evidence-based information in a transparent interpretatio...
Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy,
Aminoquinolines/therapeutic use,
Oseltamivir/therapeutic use,
Lopinavir/therapeutic use,
Ritonavir/therapeutic use,
Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use,
Heparin/therapeutic use,
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use,
Betacoronavirus/drug effects,
Pneumonia, Viral/drug therapy,
Pandemics/prevention & control
The purpose of this guideline is to ensure the best treatment for adults with suspected or confirmed pneumonia in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic and best use of NHS resources. We have withdrawn our guideline on diagnosing and managing pneumonia in adults until further notice....
El hemocultivo es un método diagnóstico para la detección de bacterias y otros microorganismos en sangre. Es una de las pruebas más eficientes para el diagnóstico de las bacteriemias.
La extracción de hemocultivos está recomendada cuando existe infección o sospecha de infección en pacientes de t...
Since 2007, the guideline development process within the World Health Organization (WHO) has
been overseen by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee (GRC), which follows internationally
recognized standards such as the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development
and Evaluation) approach, to su...
About one fourth of the world’s population is estimated to be infected with the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, and about 5–10% of those infected develop active TB disease in their lifetime. The risk for active TB disease after infection depends on several factors, the most important being the person’...
This guideline covers the diagnosis and management of diverticular disease in people aged 18 years and over. It aims to improve diagnosis and care and help people get timely information and advice, including advice about symptoms and when to seek help....
