Infectious Diseases

An epidemiological study indicates that Montreal's safe needle injection program is highly effective at reducing the HIV infection rate among drug users.

Post-vaccine anaphylaxis seen in eight kids in one U.S. practice

Take time to dispel common misconceptions and don’t make assumptions about who is and isn’t at risk

Appeal court agrees MD not guilty after bowel nicked in tubal ligation, resulting in septic shock, brain damage, amputations

Preoperative smoking status is a significant predictor of 30-day complications and one-year mortality in patients undergoing elective arthroplasty, researchers reported.

A preoperative cutaneous chlorhexidine protocol helps stave off infections in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty, according to results released at the meeting.