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Tapering the dose of vancomycin over 2 weeks following initial 14-day therapy appears to work better than the 14-day fixed dosing at reducing the recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), as shown in the TAPER-V trial.

Placing awake COVID-19 patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure (AHRF) in a prone position is an efficacious intervention in terms of both reducing mortality and preventing intubation, according to an individual participant data meta-analysis.

Antibiotic treatment may be done for 5 days, as opposed to at least 7 days, in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who had achieved clinical stability by day 3 to 5, suggests a study presented at ESCMID Global 2025.

Updated data from the EPIC-HR* trial show reduced duration of COVID-19 symptoms and utilization of healthcare resources with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (NMV/r) in high-risk, unvaccinated, nonhospitalized, symptomatic adults with COVID-19.

In adults who have survived the COVID-19 pandemic, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is high among those who had either recovered from post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) or had never been afflicted with PCC, according to a study.