Infection with the Norwalk virus, the prototypical norovirus, is associated with a "high probability of illness," an international team reports. Reuters Health Information
High-dose isoniazid (INH) as an adjuvant to second-line agents for multidrug-resistant TB reduces the time to sputum negativity and improves short-term outcomes, researchers from India report. Reuters Health Information
Fluoroquinolones are highly effective in eradicating nonencapsulated and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) infections in cell culture and mouse models of infection, according to a report in the February 7th BMC Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information
Reports of pediatric influenza-related death complicated by bacterial coinfection increased five-fold over the past three influenza seasons, investigators at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Reuters Health Information
Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) has declined across all age groups, although rates of IPD caused by nonvaccine strains, while still low overall, have increased modestly. Medscape Medical News
