Getting tested for STIs: home or away?
Could offering home-based specimen collection improve the management of common STIs chlamydia and gonorrhoea?
Category Archives: Immunology & Infection
Evidently Advent Day 23: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Is silver just for Christmas?
Evidently Advent Day 21: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Fancy some festive baking?
Evidently Advent Day 1: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Something's going on in the operating theatre...
Measly protection: passive immunization for measles, past and present
What's the evidence for passive immunization following exposure to measles? Richard Lehman explores.
TB or not TB? That is the question (and here’s the test that can answer it)
Good evidence for the effectiveness of a simple test to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis
Flu, chills and other ills: a wintry round-up of Cochrane evidence
This week it really feels like winter is upon us and infection is the dominant theme in this blog,...
Can signs and symptoms guide diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in children? A new Cochrane diagnostic accuracy review
Key message: M. pneumoniae cannot be diagnosed reliably in children and adolescents with community-acquired pneumonia based on individual clinical...
Preventing shingles in older adults: how effective and safe is vaccination? A new Cochrane review
Key Message:Herpes zoster vaccine is effective in preventing shingles, with people aged 60 to 69 years benefitting more than...
A sting in the tail? Venom immunotherapy may help or harm: evidence from a new Cochrane review
Key message:Venom immunotherapy is effective in preventing serious allergic reactions and large local reactions to insect stings, but it...
Now cranberries are just for Christmas – new evidence suggests cranberry juice unlikely to prevent urinary tract infections
Key message: The current evidence suggests that any benefit of taking cranberry products to prevent urinary tract infection is likely...