Infectious Diseases
Inaccurate Allergy Labeling Tagged for Elimination
Allergists establish hospital protocols for identifying and removing falsely applied penicillin-allergy labels.
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On Defense Against Deadly Diarrheal Infections
Study links Turicibacter commensal to protection against severe infections, such as E. coli.
Validation Strategies Help Fill EHR Data Gaps
VUMC team pioneers more efficient methods for validating EHR data in biomedical research.
Fecal Transplant Outcomes in Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s
Synthesis of 12 studies shows isolated benefits of fecal microbiota transplant, illuminates the disease’s multifactorial treatment requirements.
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T-to-A Metric for Fever Fails Scrutiny
Large study results argue against time-prescribed antibiotics for febrile children with cancer.
Strategies to Support Pulmonary Transplant Patients – and their New Lungs
Organ storage temperatures and levels of vaccine dosing are being studied to improve outcomes for transplant patients.
Particulates Tied to Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Research team identifies environmental pollutants as an independent risk for this recalcitrant disease.
Clamping Down the Metabolic Pipeline to B Cells
Study shows leveraging metabolic flexibility of white cells may open new therapeutic avenues for lupus and others.
Bacteremia Count Indicates Overtreatment in Chronic Neutropenia
A study demonstrates why neutrophil count is not a reliable indicator of bacteremia risk in children outside the oncology realm.
APOL1 Tied to Higher COVID-19 Mortality
Nationwide analysis finds variants may confer more than elevated risk of kidney disease.