Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• CDC’s EIS program molds clinicians into public health professionals
• Alere launches first-ever rapid diagnostic test for asymptomatic malaria infection
• ‘Bring it on!’ Presenting at EIS conference can be daunting, officers say
• CDC finalizes cholera vaccine recommendation for US travelers
• CDC updates Zika testing guidance for pregnant women
• Children of immunizing parents three times more likely to receive influenza vaccine
• Cholera linked to drinking iced tea in Vietnam
• Connecticut infant contracts rare Powassan virus from tick bite
• Consistent advocacy needed to thwart resurgence: Measles over 3 decades
• Cryptococcal meningitis causes 15% of AIDS–related deaths globally
• Global prevalence of poliovirus type 2 declines after switch to bivalent vaccine
• HCV infections in US nearly triple in 5 years
• IDSA outlines trial designs for development of antibacterial agents
• INTREPID results support Livalo as optimal treatment for HIV patients with dyslipidemia
• ‘Like a kid in a candy store’: EIS officers explain matching process
• 'Like winning the lottery’: EIS officers explain getting accepted into CDC program
• Multidisciplinary HCV treatment program yields results
• One in four children have decreased quality of life after sepsis
• Physician groups promote CDC guide to HCV testing
• Q&A: Zika testing guidance for pregnant women
• Researchers advise hospitals on locating, preventing M. chimaera cases linked to HCDs
• US- and foreign-born teens show comparable vaccination rates
• WHO: 302 attacks on health care workers in 2016, most in Syria
• WHO: Nearly half of deaths worldwide now have recorded cause
• What are the downstream effects of smaller EIS class sizes?
• Code red for MDR bacteria: Resistance to carbapenems doubles in ICUs Thomas P. Lodise, PharmD, PhD
• Listeria: The mystery organism Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Matthew E. Levison, MD, FACP
• 27% of nursing home residents colonized with MDR bacteria
• Antibiotic use linked to increased miscarriage risk
• Bacteremia, C. difficile common in recent HCT recipients
• CDI more prevalent in allogeneic vs. autologous stem cell recipients
• Child care centers largely unprepared for influenza pandemics
• Despite model ART program, advanced HIV persists in Botswana
• Early, intensified TB meningitis treatment decreases mortality risk
• Emerging invasive pneumococcal serotype not covered by vaccine
• Fluoroquinolone use associated with increased risk for carpal tunnel syndrome
• Gulf Coast Zika epidemic with 1% attack rate would cost $1.2 billion
• HIV may cause emphysema by hijacking stem cells
• Inhaled corticosteroids increase risk for pneumonia in patients with asthma
• Long-term antibiotic use linked to increased risk for colorectal adenomas
• Molecular point-of-care testing shortens hospital stay for respiratory viruses
• PrEP use consistent with CDC guidelines may reduce STIs among MSM
• Record levels of in-home HIV test sales linked to the ‘Charlie Sheen effect’
• Researchers identify largest cluster of linked N. meningitidis urethritis cases
• Rise of HCV among reproductive-age women suggests need for screening
• Stock market models accurately predict changes in HIV over time
• SSIs more common in warm weather
• SVR achieved after transplantation with HCV-infected kidneys
• Syphilis treatment in mothers crucial to preventing congenital infection
• Targeting prescriber behavior improves appropriate antimicrobial usage
• Transmission of HIV drug resistance increases among illegal drug users in Vancouver
• Western, southern US states face the highest prevalence of HCV infection
• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria abundant in produce
• Assay reliably detects Zika RNA in semen
• Circumcised men at twice the risk for cancer-causing HPV, study shows
• Cirrhosis linked to 30% of chronic HBV patients at initial presentation
• Directly observed therapy for MDR-TB associated with reduced mortality
• HDV testing underused in HBV monoinfection, HBV/HIV coinfection
• HPV vaccination confers high degree of protection against oral infections, despite underuse
• Infection control drives down MRSA rate in US
• Influenza-related death most common in children younger than 2 years
• Lactobacillus isolate in yogurt inhibits multidrug-resistant, gram-negative bacteria
• Mandated rapid sepsis care reduces in-hospital mortality risk
• Nearly one in four adult outpatients with CAP fail antibiotic therapy
• New testing method improves treatment of S. aureus at rural community hospital
• Omadacycline noninferior to Zyvox in treating ABSSSIs, including MRSA
• UV-C device reduces pathogens on shoe soles
• Vaginal bacteria inhibit sexual transmission of HSV-2, possibly Zika
• Zavicefta noninferior to meropenem in treatment of patients with HAP