Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- AIDS Compendium
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- Chlamydia screening increased from 2000-2006, decreased in 2007
- Hepatitis C increased risk for immune thrombocytopenic purpura
- New guidelines for prevention and treatment of HIV-associated opportunistic infections released
- Task force outlines blueprint for combating XDR TB
- Two separate measles outbreaks demonstrate threat of imported cases
- Vigilance at all levels key to food safety
- Children with HIV may have less durable and lower antibody responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
- H. pylori detection, eradication effective for people with ITP
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- Negative H. pylori status indicated poor prognosis in gastric cancer
- New findings support shifting diagnostic paradigm for pharyngitis
- Oral sex, open-mouthed kissing linked to increased risk for oral HPV infection
- Patients’ early HCV RNA response to antiviral therapy may predict long-term outcome
- Pertussis booster important for household contacts
- Preemptive antifungal treatment demonstrates comparable survival rates to empirical therapy
- Preparation may determine whether using computerized prescription software translates into clinical benefit
- Response-guided therapy may be effective for patients coinfected with HIV/HCV
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- Penicillin for community-acquired pneumonia? Elizabeth Dodds Ashley, PharmD, BCPS