Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- New flu variant prompts ‘concern’ among health officials
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- CDC recommends combined pneumococcal vaccine regimen
- New HIV infection rate 2.8 times higher in Hispanics and Latinos
- PrEP cost-effective among MSM, but requires significant expenditures
- ACIP recommends changes to MMR vaccine for children with HIV
- ACIP recommends HibMenCY for high-risk infants
- ACIP recommends Tdap vaccine during each pregnancy
- Marburg hemorrhagic fever outbreak continues in Uganda
- Antibiotic use among older adults highest in the South
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- Antimicrobial exposure time related to clinical outcomes in C. difficile
- Best-practice protocol reduced CLABSI rates in pediatric cancer patients
- Cervical HPV increased odds of anal HPV infection in young women
- Dengue virus dissemination in Puerto Rico different from previous serotypes
- Diarrhea, poor health early on could be associated with decreased BMI later
- Few HCV/HBV infections identified in adults with access to care
- HIV drug shows activity against HER-2–positive breast cancer
- HIV increased mortality from severe malaria
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- HPV vaccine linked to syncope, skin infections post-vaccination
- Immune activation fostered HIV acquisition in women using tenofovir gel
- Infants born prematurely at increased risk for respiratory disease
- Infection control policies for MDR organisms vary in US hospitals
- Intense exposure likely led to mumps outbreak among Orthodox Jewish boys
- Intervention improved appointment attendance in HIV clinics
- Kingella kingae seen more frequently in Jewish children than Bedouins
- Linezolid effective at culture conversion in XDR-TB
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- More data needed to characterize MRSA risk at hospitalization
- Preventive behaviors during H1N1 pandemic varied worldwide
- Rifapentine outcome similar to rifampin in pulmonary TB
- Some physicians concerned about school-located vaccination efforts
- Suboptimal response to H1N1 vaccine reported in Down syndrome
- Untreated asymptomatic bacteriuria led to fewer UTI recurrences
- Vigorous activity briefly raised bleeding risk in youth with hemophilia
- VRE infections increased mortality risk among HSCT recipients
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- Assessing individual patient crucial when prescribing PrEP
- Inappropriate antibiotic use common in C. difficile
- Meningococcal antibody persists 5 years after fourth dose of Hib/Men CY conjugate vaccine
- New procedures needed to reduce flu viral air load exposure in HCWs
- Rash, degree of thrombocytopenia predicted dengue severity, mortality
- Universal decolonization cut ICU bloodstream infections nearly in half
- Universal flu vaccination decreased employee absence rates
- Wheezing in children associated with delayed pertussis diagnosis
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- UV light killed drug-resistant bacteria in hospital rooms
- Norovirus in nursing homes increased mortality, hospitalizations
- The benefits and risks of compounding pharmacies Edward A. Bell, PharmD, BCPS