It reads like the alphabet soup of healthcare: CDI, MRSA, CAUTI, and VAE. Those letters all fall under the category of hospital or healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), and they can wreak havoc on patient care. On any given day, about 1 in 31 hospital patients has at least one HAI, according to the Centers for Disease … Read more
TOPLINE: Antibody responses to the O-specific polysaccharide of Klebsiella pneumoniae were immunogenic, with cross-reactivity among related subtypes; however, capsule interference with O-specific polysaccharide antibody binding highlighted the limits of O-specific polysaccharide–based vaccines. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a prospective cohort study at a tertiary hospital to compare antibody responses to the O-specific polysaccharide (a potential target for … Read more