The correct choice of needle length and thickness is an important point in intramuscular administration of vaccines, according to the November issue of BMJ.
Vaccination against pneumococcal infection does not prevent community-acquired pneumonia, but it does reduce the level of nosocomial mortality and the risk of hospitalization in the intensive care unit and the intensive care unit.
The use of 2 and 3 doses of a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children 2, 4 and 11 months of age results in a significant decrease in the carriage of vaccine pneumococcal serotypes during the second year of life.
The team at the International AIDS Society (USA) has updated the previous version of the antiretroviral therapy guidelines for people with HIV infection in adults according to the latest scientific achievements.
The results of two phase 3 clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of a new cephalosporin ceftaroline antibiotic in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia.
The systematic empirical addition of antibacterial drugs active against gram-positive microorganisms does not improve outcomes in patients with cancer and febrile neutropenia.