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Infections

Nov 28 2022

Plain language summary of Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine safety in participants 16 years or older and protection against COVID-19 in participants 12 years or older

This new plain language summary in Future Virology looks at the latest findings on the role of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine.

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The original article on which this summary is based is called ‘Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine through 6 Months’ and was originally published in the journal The New England Journal of Medicine. The original article can be read here.

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Written by Rachel Jenkins · Categorized: Infections, Vaccines · Tagged: COVID vaccine, COVID-19, lay summary, plain language summary, vaccine, vaccine development, vaccine efficacy, vaccine safety

Nov 25 2022

The role of diagnostic tests in antifungal stewardship for treating invasive fungal infections: a plain language summary

Antifungal stewardship programs provide a stepwise process to improve how patients are treated. The latest plain language summary of publication from Future Microbiology presents results from a study looking at how programs using diagnostic tests may help to manage infections..

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The original article on which this summary is based is called ‘The Role of Diagnostics-Driven Antifungal Stewardship in the Management of Invasive Fungal Infections: A Systematic Literature Review’ and was originally published in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases. The original article can be read here.

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Written by Joanne Walker · Categorized: Infections · Tagged: antifungal, diagnosis, invasive fungal infections, lay summary, plain-language summary, stewardship

Sep 20 2022

A plain language summary of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and safety as a single dose and with a booster

This plain language summary from Future Virology presents the results of two global clinical studies of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S vaccine against COVID-19. ENSEMBLE study looked at the effectiveness of a single injection of the vaccine. ENSEMBLE2 study looked at the effectiveness of a booster dose of the vaccine given 2 months after the first dose. 

Read the summary here.

The original articles on which this summary is based are:

‘Final analysis of efficacy and safety of single-dose Ad26.COV2.S’ published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2022. This article is available for free here.

‘Efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of a booster regimen of Ad26.COV2.S vaccine against COVID-19 (ENSEMBLE2): results of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial’ published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases in 2022. This article is available for free here.

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Written by Joanne Walker · Categorized: Infections, Vaccines · Tagged: Ad26.COV2.S, clinical trials, coronavirus, COVID-19, infectious disease, prophylactic vaccines, respiratory infections, SARS-CoV-2

Sep 05 2022

Risk factors in people with mold infections that have spread to different parts of the body: A plain language summary

The new plain language summary in Future Microbiology provides an overview of a study looking at what makes people more likely to get a type of fungal infection called invasive mold infections.

Read the full article here.

The original article on which this summary is based is called ‘Patient Characteristics and Risk Factors in Invasive Mold Infections: Comparison from a Systematic Review and Database Analysis’ and was originally published in the journal ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research. The original article can be read here.

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Written by Joanne Walker · Categorized: Infections · Tagged: invasive aspergillosis, invasive mold infection, invasive mucormycosis, lay summary, plain language summary

Aug 04 2022

Plain language summary: use of isavuconazole in Chinese patients with an invasive fungal disease

This plain language summary provides an overview of an article looking at whether isavuconazole works in the same way in Chinese people as it does in Western people. The article also examines how isavuconazole compares with voriconazole in treating people with a type of invasive fungal disease called invasive aspergillosis.

Read the full article here.

The original article on which this summary is based is called Clinical experience with isavuconazole in healthy volunteers and patients with invasive aspergillosis in China, and the results from an exposure–response analysis’ and was originally published in the journal Mycoses. The original article can be read here.

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Written by Joanne Walker · Categorized: Infections · Tagged: Aspergillosis, isavuconazole, lay summary, plain language summary, triazole

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