Does quinine sulfate inhibit invasion of some bacterial skin pathogens?
Antimalarial drugs are currently widely used to treat patients with autoimmune dermatologic and rheumatologic diseases, and have also been recently proposed as additional therapy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. These patients, who are often immunocompromised, may receive a secondary advantage from these antimalarials, which may provide some protection against staphylococci (amongst the most important human pathogens causing many superficial and systemic infections) and E. agglomerans.
Subjective assessment of pretest probability seems to exclude DVT when the pretest probability is low. Moreover, 3 objective variables ("LEFt") may improve the accuracy of the diagnosis of DVT in pregnancy. Prospective validation studies are needed.