paediatrics
paediatrics

A randomized controlled non-inferiority trial of placebo versus macrolide antibiotics for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children with community-acquired pneumonia: trial protocol for the MYTHIC Study

Trials. 2024 Oct 3;25(1):655. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08438-6. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a major cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in school-aged children. Macrolides are the first-line …

Father support breastfeeding self-efficacy positively affects exclusive breastfeeding at 6 weeks postpartum and its influencing factors in Southeast China: a multi-centre, cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health. 2024 Oct 3;24(1):2698. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20136-1. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The exclusive breastfeeding condition in China is not optimism now. Maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy stands as …

Association between bone microarchitecture and sarcopenia in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes

Arch Osteoporos. 2024 Oct 4;19(1):94. doi: 10.1007/s11657-024-01450-y. ABSTRACT Bone microarchitecture, as assessed using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography, is adversely affected in postmenopausal women with …

Impact of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections on the gut microbiome and antimicrobial resistome

Nat Med. 2024 Oct 3. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03274-2. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP) reduces bacterial sexually transmitted infections among men who have …