Familial Transmission of Invasive Group A Streptococcus: A Case Series

• July 7, 2026

Identifying emergency department patients at risk of diagnostic discordance between the presumptive emergency department diagnosis and the adjudicated discharge diagnosis: The independent role of frailty

• by Yara M.W. van Knippenberg, Konstantin Föhse, Charlotte C.M. Schaap, Mihai G. Netea, Jacobien Hoogerwerf, Jaap ten Oever

• August 15, 2026

Does High PCT Warrant Longer Therapy?

In a planned BALANCE analysis, elevated day 7 procalcitonin was associated with higher mortality, but the small subgroup analysis found no evidence that extending antibiotics from 7 to 14 days improved outcomes.

• by Andrea Surnit

• July 15, 2026

• 4 min

Machine Learning–Augmented Traditional Analysis of Lactate vs Lactate-to-Albumin Ratio for Predicting Mortality Risk in Patients With Sepsis: Large-Scale Retrospective Study

• by Xiaodi Wang, Yi Xu, Weijun Xiao, Peng Dou, Yunxia Huang, Muhan Cao, Liang Luo, Qinghua Hou

• July 16, 2026