May 13, 2026

CAP Antibiotics May Not Benefit Nonsevere COVID-19 Infections

A retrospective cohort study of more than 520,000 hospitalized patients found no clinically meaningful improvement in deterioration or mortality with early treatment targeting community-acquired pneumonia.

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May 12, 2026

7 Days Noninferior in Bacteremia

BALANCE compared 7 vs 14 days of treatment among hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections.

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May 08, 2026

Fabricated Citations Are Reaching Medical Journals

A large audit of biomedical publications suggests fabricated references are increasingly appearing in peer-reviewed papers — often in ways that are difficult for reviewers and readers to detect.

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May 06, 2026

Rapid AST Speeds Care, Not Outcomes

Faster antibiotic optimization may still support use of rapid testing, particularly when paired with stewardship.

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May 06, 2026

Dalbavancin Exposure Linked to Higher Success in Bacteremia

Higher day 22 concentrations were associated with improved outcomes, though findings remain exploratory

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April 20, 2026

Amoxicillin-Clavulanate vs Amoxicillin for Sinusitis

Amoxicillin-clavulanate was not linked to lower treatment failure but was associated with a slightly higher risk of secondary infections compared with amoxicillin in adults with uncomplicated acute sinusitis.

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April 13, 2026

AI Falls Short on Differential Dx

New PrIME-LLM benchmark shows strong diagnostic accuracy but persistent gaps in clinical reasoning across 21 large language models

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April 17, 2026

AI Scribes Lag Clinicians on Note Quality

A VHA study across 11 vendors finds AI-generated primary care notes score lower than clinician-written notes, with the largest deficits in thoroughness, organization, and usefulness

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June 17, 2025

FMT as First-Line CDI Treatment?

New randomized trial shows fecal microbiota transplantation may reduce antibiotic dependence in first-episode infections

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September 09, 2025

Dietary Nitrate Lowers Blood Pressure in Older Adults, Study

Researchers show nitrate-rich beetroot reshapes the oral microbiome.

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