Featured in NEJM Journal Watch: Oral Antibiotics versus Topical Decolonization to Prevent Surgical Site Infections
The relative superiority of topical prophylaxis to oral prophylaxis was striking for patients colonized with S. aureus who were undergoing Mohs micrographic surgery, according to a study in Dermatologic Surgery. Journal Watch
Study backs giving flu vaccine to working-age adults with diabetes
All people with diabetes should receive influenza vaccination, according to guidelines in most high-income countries, but there has been little evidence to back this policy. However, a new study in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) suggests that working age adults with diabetes are at an increased risk of influenza compared with people without diabetes, affirming the need to target people with diabetes for influenza vaccination. Eurekalert!
Salmonella infection mitigates asthma
Researchers from Germany have identified the mechanism by which Salmonella infections can reduce the incidence of asthma in mice. The research, which appears ahead of print in the journal Infection and Immunity, opens up new avenues of research that could lead to treatments. Eurekalert!
Drug discovery potential of natural microbial genomes
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new genetic platform that allows efficient production of naturally occurring molecules, and have used it to produce a novel antibiotic compound. Their study, published this week in PNAS, may open new avenues for natural product discoveries and drug development. Eurekalert!
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