Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Ebola 1 year later: Hard lessons learned
• Economic burden of universal MRSA screening could be too costly for hospitals
• Indiana governor declares emergency in response to HIV epidemic
• Industry financing could lessen financial burden of new, expensive drugs
• Phase 1 trial of ZMapp begins
• Recent advances may signal ‘landmark year’ for foodborne illness
• Report highlights need for continued US support for global health
• Successes in malaria control lost in rural sub-Saharan Africa
• Experts discuss preparedness for next emerging disease outbreak
• Anemia associated with Alinia monotherapy when used longer than FDA-approved duration Edward Grace, PharmD; Marquetta Flaugher, PhD, ARNP; Roula Baroudi, MD
• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria: A pandemic in the making Jason Newland, MD
• The anti-vaccination movement: March of the lemmings Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Marjorie P. Pollack, MD
• FDA approves Cresemba for antifungal therapy
• FDA approves Quadracel as DTaP, IPV vaccine
• FDA launches drug shortage app
• FDA releases approval guidelines for reusable medical devices
• FDA warns of cardiac reactions with Harvoni, Sovaldi drug combinations
• WHO issues first-ever HBV treatment guidelines
• Antibiotic prescription rate highest in South
• Antivirals improve CMV pneumonia outcomes after HCT
• BCG vaccine linked to lower hospitalization rates for respiratory infections, sepsis
• Blacks with HIV have higher 10-year, all-cause mortality
• Cannabis use lowers risk for insulin resistance in patients with HIV/HCV
• CD4 cell counts rebound among most children treated for HIV
• Children with increased brain volume more likely to die from cerebral malaria
• Clindamycin, TMP-SMX comparably effective, safe for uncomplicated skin infections
• Collagen-gentamicin sponges do not reduce SSI after hemiarthroplasty
• Combination treatment for psoriasis increased herpes zoster incidence
• Dengue exposures unnoticed among Ghanaian children
• Earlier antibiotics lead to better outcomes with Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Early PEP effective against trichinellosis
• Ebola outbreak leaves West Africa more susceptible to measles
• Electronic sensors accurately identify S. aureus transmission
• Electronic tool reduces community-acquired pneumonia mortality
• Estimated MMR vaccination rates as low as 50% among Disneyland outbreak population
• Few high-risk patients receive antivirals when presenting with possible flu
• H1N1 variant suspected in Indian influenza outbreak
• Harvoni cost-effective for most patients with HCV
• HCV RNA levels during treatment not predictive of SVR12 in DAA era
• HCWs with influenza may not present with fever
• Hemorrhage, myalgia predictors of death in Ebola patients
• HIV prevalence 11% among IDUs in 2012
• HIV replicates in brain, CNS shortly after infection
• ID consultation improves outcomes in patients with S. aureus bacteremia
• M. pneumoniae causes respiratory illness outbreak in care facility
• Metabolic biosignature aids in detection of early Lyme disease
• National antibiotic resistance linked to severity of government corruption
• Nearly half of rehospitalizations after severe sepsis preventable
• Olysio-based therapy shows promise in recurrent HCV after liver transplant
• Oral swabs show potential in TB detection
• PaMZ shows promise to shorten TB therapy
• PEP underutilized in California tetanus patients
• Postoperative M. chimaera infection linked to hospital heater-cooler units
• Prolonged renal replacement therapy linked to aspergillosis after kidney transplantation
• Readmission rate after C. difficile discharge nearly double other discharges
• Reporting of noninferiority trial results needs improvement
• Researchers explain origins of remaining groups of HIV-1
• Sexual transmission of HTLV-1 documented in French male
• SHEA releases guidelines for animal visitation policies in hospitals
• Statins do not reduce pneumonia risk; studies reflect 'healthy-user' bias
• TB incidence in US declines 2.2%
• TB may mimic invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in transplant recipients
• Testing, antivirals underutilized in older adults with suspected influenza
• Universal drug coverage in Canada could save more than 30% annually
• Use of culture-independent tests may hinder surveillance of enteric infections
• Valacyclovir reduces HIV viral load in HSV-2 seronegative patients
• Five lessons from CROI 2015
• Pharmaceutical sewage chlorination may promote antibiotic resistance
• Pharmacists play crucial role in HIV care continuum Kati Shihadeh, PharmD, BCIDP; Joanne Smith, PharmD