Infectious Disease News Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.

Table of Contents

• Many international travelers ignore dangers of infectious disease
• Abstinence-only programs ineffective, damaging
• Billions at risk for diseases without safe drinking water, sanitation
• CDC, EU reports highlight need to improve antibiotic use
• CDC reports sharp increase in cases of cyclosporiasis
• CDC updates Zika testing guidance following decline in disease prevalence
• Central venous catheters associated with increased risk for bloodstream infections
• Deadly anthrax outbreak in Zambia caused by hippo meat
• Epclusa receives FDA approval for HIV/HCV coinfection in all genotypes
• Fleas from two Arizona counties test positive for plague
• IDSA, AASLD critical of Cochrane review of HCV drugs
• IGNITE4: Eravacycline noninferior to meropenem in patients with cIAIs
• Licensing agreement advances RSV vaccine patented by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• Maine woman dies of rare deer tick virus
• Metabolic biosignature differentiates between Lyme disease, STARI
• Mother exposes newborn to group B streptococcus after taking placenta pills
• New data support efficacy of GEN-003 vaccine against genital lesions
• New findings support decision not to use FluMist vaccine
• No change in CDC’s HIV screening recommendation for MSM
• No explanation for record number of California valley fever cases
• Primary care HIV screening cost effective, life-saving
• Q&A: Initiative to combat infectious disease using novel approaches
• Resistant bacteria decline sharply after hospital unit renovated
• What is the greatest infectious disease threat to Americans traveling overseas?
• Travel medicine and ID: Partners in an era of frequent global movement Mary Elizabeth Wilson, MD, FIDSA, FACP, FASTMH, FISTM; Lin H. Chen, MD, FACP, FASTMH, FISTM
• MERS-CoV: Waiting for Godot for answers Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
• FDA approves Mavyret, the first pan-genotypic 8-week treatment for HCV
• After 3 decades, STD epidemic reaches ‘decisive moment’
• Antibiotic use 8 weeks after FMT increases risk for treatment failure
• Antimicrobial stewardship programs significantly reduce drug-resistant bacteria
• Bacteria increase HIV risk 63% in uncircumcised men
• Bariatric surgery associated with increased intra-abdominal infection, UTI risk
• Campylobacteriosis increases 21% in US
• Cardiac device-related infection risk depends on bacterial species
• Colonized with MDROs, patients’ hands contaminate high-touch surfaces
• Despite falling MRSA hospitalizations, serious MRSA-related infections persist
• Ebola RNA persists in semen longer than 2 years
• Empirical antibiotics do not reduce mortality in patients with CAUTI
• Eye abnormalities may be earliest sign of congenital Zika virus infection
• Genetic marker may help identify patients at high risk for severe influenza
• Group suggests dropping 30 antibiotics from CMS list for sepsis
• Heterosexual partners of people with chlamydia likely to be infected
• High-dose influenza vaccine reduces hospitalizations among nursing home residents
• HIV drug resistance found in more than half of young children in Africa
• HPV behind nearly 75% of oropharyngeal cancer cases in Canada
• HPV16 harder to eliminate than other genotypes
• Inappropriate antibiotics, overdiagnosis may hinder sepsis treatment pathway
• Increase in pertussis linked to nonmedical vaccine exemptions, waning immunity
• Influenza vaccine protective in elderly patients
• Liver cirrhosis a risk factor for treatment failure in HCV–HIV coinfection
• Maternal antibiotic use linked to birth defects
• Monthly vitamin D improves lumbar spine bone density in youth with HIV
• Not all symptomatic men will have detectible Zika virus RNA in semen
• Novel score predicts 10-year TB risk in patient contacts
• Patients frequently acquire C. difficile after transfer to long-term care
• PCPs safely, effectively administer HCV treatment
• Point-of-care HIV testing in infants leads to faster ART start
• Poor kidney function increases risk for community-acquired infections
• Prednisolone ineffective for lower respiratory tract infections
• Rapid malaria tests curb needless ACT, increase antibiotic use
• Rapid S. aureus diagnosis, direct ID response improve outcomes
• Review confirms efficacy, safety of common latent TB treatments
• Saliva-based assay successfully tests for hepatitis E
• Screening should target M. genitalium in patients with HIV
• Sporicidal, hydrogen peroxide disinfectants effective against multidrug-resistant C. auris
• Vaccination decreased measles antibody in plasma donors
• Influenza variant in farm fair pigs infects humans
• HIV drugs show promise in phase 3 trials
• Janssen’s HIV vaccine shows promise in clinical trial
• Stigma due to age may impact HIV care in older adults
• Swaziland halves rate of new HIV infections
• Flu vaccine: The other ‘pneumonia shot’ Jeff Brock, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP