INFECTION, BACTERIAL

This small pilot study tested whether portable, wearable pumps could safely deliver antibiotics to patients in the hospital. The goal was to see if these pumps, often used at home, could save nurses time, reduce hospital costs, and let patients move around more easily. Researcher…

This study tested a new, low-cost blood test called the Intensive Care Infection Score (ICIS) to see if it could better detect bacterial infections in hospitalized burn patients. Researchers compared the ICIS test to other standard infection markers in 97 adult and child burn pat…

This study tested new portable sensor devices designed to quickly identify infections like COVID-19, Pseudomonas bacteria, and Leishmania parasites in blood and respiratory samples. Researchers compared these new devices to standard lab tests to see if they are accurate, fast, an…

This study tested seven new blood markers to help doctors quickly and accurately tell if a fever in a young child is caused by a serious bacterial infection or just a virus. It involved nearly 1,000 children under 3 years old who came to the hospital with a fever. The goal was to…

This study tested if a special wound dressing could prevent infections after leg artery surgery. The dressing is coated with a chemical inspired by spider silk that traps and removes bacteria. Over 700 patients were randomly assigned to get either this special dressing or a stand…

This study aimed to understand how a common antibiotic, ceftriaxone, moves through and is cleared from the bodies of patients with severe, decompensated liver cirrhosis. Researchers observed 20 hospitalized patients who were already receiving this antibiotic and having a procedur…