Estie Mermelstein, MSN, FNP-BC

Researchers evaluated patients with documented care for long COVID to determine factors associated with its occurrence.

Researchers evaluated the accuracy of machine learning models to predict COVID-19 severity on the basis of patient characteristics and laboratory data.

Researchers compared the effects of dexamethasone with methylprednisolone in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection.

Researchers assessed the safety and efficacy of subcutaneous casirivimab/imdevimab for the prevention of COVID-19 infection.

Researchers assessed whether the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the annual incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections among patients in the Netherlands.

Researchers assessed the efficacy of corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID-19 infection.

Researchers compared immune responses following COVID-19 vaccination with the mRNA-1273 vs the BNT162b2 vaccines among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases and solid organ transplant recipients.

Investigators assessed antimicrobial resistant profiles of Escherichia coli pathotypes detected via fecal swabs among children with diarrhea from Mozambique.

Researchers assessed the rate of recurrent COVID-19 infection among unvaccinated adults previously infected with COVID-19.

Investigators compared treatment with interleukin-6 inhibitors with standard of care among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection.

Investigators conducted a study to determine the effect of syringes with fixed needles vs those with detachable needles on the risk for hepatitis C virus transmission among people who use injectable drugs.

Investigators conducted a study that assessed disease severity and outcomes in patients with Clostridioides difficile infection with C difficile binary toxin-expressing strains.

Researchers conducted a study to compare the effects of intravenous vs oral antibiotics therapy in patients with a pulmonary infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa secondary to cystic fibrosis.

Researchers conducted a study to determine the effect of patient characteristics and racial/ethnic disparities on outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Investigators conducted a study to determine the optimal management of drug-resistant cytomegalovirus in 2 patients who previously underwent stem cell and kidney transplantation.

The risk for serious infection in patients with psoriasis treated with biologic agents and apremilast, using etanercept as a comparator, is examined.

Investigators conducted a systemic review to assess the effects of various medications on seroconversion rates following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with immune mediated inflammatory disease.

Investigators conducted a study to determine the relationship between gut microbiota and ghrelin concentrations among patients with positive Helicobacter pylori infection vs those with antigen-negative H pylori infection who received eradication therapy.

Investigators evaluated resistance to fluoroquinolones, nitrofurantoin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infection.

Investigators compared rates of hepatitis C virus infection and office-based buprenorphine prescribing among rural and urban communities.

Investigators assessed response to vaccination with the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant and nonpregnant lactating women.

Investigators sought to better understand the immunologic mechanisms behind increased susceptibility to secondary respiratory infections.

This ad hoc survey focused on changes in sexual behaviors and utilization of and access to sexual health services by MSM during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investigators vaccinated exclusively or partially breastfeeding women and examined their breast milk samples to determine levels of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.

The researchers’ objective was to determine the prevalence of HCV antibodies among MSM with and without HIV, as well as factors associated with HCV infection among MSM.