Patients with CDI treated with oral metronidazole experienced significantly more first-line drug changes compared to those on fidaxomicin, although there were no significant differences observed in the global or clinical cure rate between the two treatments.
Health officials issued a new warning against syphilis, saying the sexually transmitted disease is spreading across Japan at the fastest pace in decades.
Apr 19, 2021
Despite a rise in new COVID-19 cases across Japan, neither Nippon Professional Baseball nor the J. League are considering going back to playing behind closed doors, leaders from both leagues said Monday.
Both NPB Commissioner Atsushi Saito and J. League Chairman Mitsuru Murai, speaking during an online news conference following the 30th meeting of their joint COVID-9 task force, emphasized that course of action was not part of their thinking.
“From our end, we can’t say we want to host games without fans,” Saito said when asked if the league would consider barring fans from games should the government issue another state of emergency. “We’ve learned a lot about the disease over the last year.”
Mar 8, 2021
Nippon Professional Baseball and the J. League may use on-site novel coronavirus testing as a way to help each league to remain on schedule as much as possible, the associations said Monday after a meeting of their joint COVID-19 task force.
A J. League contest between Gamba Osaka and Nagoya Grampus was postponed two hours before kickoff last week after four Gamba players and a staff member tested positive for the virus.
The task force is considering on-site testing since going through health centers to identify positive cases and close contacts takes time an issue that could be resolved by installing the same testing system in stadiums.