Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Improved strategies necessary to combat bed bug resurgence
• 2009 H1N1 linked to inadequate protective equipment use among HCWs
• Acute diarrhea hindered growth in Gambian children aged younger than 5 years
• C. difficile led to extended hospital stay
• CDC: Consider shortened combination treatment for TB prevention
• CDC: Progress made in HIV care/treatment, yet continued efforts needed
• Cholesterol levels elevated in toddlers taking HIV drugs
• Clinical prediction tool useful for identifying patients at low risk for Lyme meningitis
• Extended nevirapine reduced HIV-1 risk for nursing newborns
• FDA approves pneumococcal vaccine in older adults
• Fidaxomicin more economical vs. vancomycin for C. difficile associated-diarrhea
• HIV-1 group N circulating outside of Cameroon
• HPV DNA testing recommended during cervical screening for 30-year-old women
• Immune enhancing therapy needed in sepsis patients
• Innovative facility to produce cell-based pandemic influenza vaccine
• Investigational vaccine effective against norovirus
• Medical students report lack of knowledge about hand hygiene
• New rapid testing methods needed to detect HCV in organ donors
• Physicians, patients disagree about shared access to medical records
• Quality initiatives led to improvements in neonatal ICUs
• Statin therapy reduced mortality in patients hospitalized with influenza
• Infectious diseases in 2011: Remarkable on many fronts
• International project focuses on cross- species transmission of infectious diseases
• AAP: Immunizing adults in pediatric offices offers additional protection for children
• Antimalarial therapy needed in early pregnancy
• CD4 testing more cost effective, beneficial than viral load testing in Africa
• Combined treatment appears effective for patients with Kawasaki disease
• Overseas travel upped risk for non-typhoidal Salmonella hospitalizations
• Pneumococcal pneumonia hospitalizations affected by 2009 H1N1
• Surgery for diverticulitis led to worse outcomes among blacks vs. whites
• Valvular surgery decreased mortality in infective endocarditis
• Chikungunya misdiagnosed, unrecognized cause of febrile illness in Tanzania
• Distinguishing dengue from febrile illnesses could save thousands
• Surveillance, control needed to reduce TB burden among international travelers