Derek R. MacFadden

TL;DR: To determine the prevalence of bacterial co-infection and secondary infection in patients with confirmed COVID-19, a systematic search of MEDLINE, OVID Epub and EMBASE databases for English language literature from 2019 to April 16, 2020 was performed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the prevalence and associated factors of antibiotic prescribing in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection were estimated in a randomized controlled trial with 30,623 patients.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that current forecasts of the burden of antibiotic resistance could be significant underestimates in the face of a growing population and climate change4.

TL;DR: Assessment of the potential for Ebola virus to spread across international borders via commercial air travel and the relative efficiency of exit versus entry screening of travellers at commercial airports finds exit screening at airports in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone would be the most efficient frontier at which to assess the health status of traveller at risk of Ebola virus exposure.

TL;DR: Avoidance of preferred beta-lactam therapy in patients who report allergy is associated with an increased risk of adverse events, and development of inpatient programs aimed at accurately identifying beta-Lactam allergies to safely promote beta- lactam administration among these patients is warranted.