The addition of vancomycin to beta-lactam prophylaxis in arthroplasty may reduce surgical-site infections; however, the efficacy and safety are unclear. In this multicenter, double-blind ...

Updated CDC guidelines on PEP after nonoccupational HIV exposure address newer ART agents and clinical considerations for patients with a history of long-acting ART.

Conclusion In hospitalized patients with cirrhosis who have elevated INR values, pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis should be strongly considered if there is no active or recent bleeding and if more ...

This is the first real-world evidence that expanded prophylactic antibiotic use can reduce community transmission of iGAS.

This study shows that the incidence of hepatic encephalopathy was lower in cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal bleed treated with lactulose as compared with patients not treated with ...

DVT prophylaxis reduces the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis through medications, compression stockings, and devices. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can occur when a blood clot forms in a deep ...

Eight times more American young adults now take medication to protect them from HIV than a decade ago, a new study finds.

DoxyPEP involves taking a single dose of oral doxycycline 200 mg within 72 hours after condomless sex (maximum dose: doxycycline 200 mg per 24 h). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Key Takeaways The rate of young Americans taking HIV-prevention drugs has leapt eightfold in less than a decadeAbout 208 of ...

The following is a summary of “Transplant centers’ prophylaxis and monitoring strategies: a key determinant of current herpes ...

Enrollment underway in CHAPTER-3, a pivotal Phase 3 study of deucrictibant for prophylaxis of HAE attacks; topline data expected in 2H2026Attack dataset continues to accumulate in RAPIDe-3, a pivotal ...