Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- Molecular testing can facilitate diagnosis of respiratory infections
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- WHO urges government action against hepatitis
- Asian group disproportionately affected by blastomycosis outbreak
- Combination treatment shows no reduced mortality in P. aeruginosa
- Early ART led to smaller HIV reservoir
- Empirical treatment with doxycycline may treat non-malarial fevers in Laos
- FDA clears two assays for marketing
- FDA issues warnings for several drugs
- H7N9 avian influenza has pandemic potential
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- IDSA, AASLD to collaborate on HCV clinical recommendations
- MERS not yet an international public health emergency
- Meningitis outbreak caused by novel strain
- Oral HPV less common than genital HPV infection
- Successful hepatitis C treatment with twice-weekly PEG-IFN, RBV in patient failed to standard therapy
- Treatment of HIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings: Exploring the idea of universal test and treat Charles van der Horst, MD, FACP; Michael Herce, MD, MPH
- Avian influenza: A comparison of A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
- Investigational integrase inhibitor shows promise in trials
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- Nutrition linked to improved outcomes in children with HIV
- Readmission more likely after health care-associated pneumonia
- Influenza RNA found in nonrespiratory sites in immunocompetent children
- Maternal Tdap vaccine increased pertussis antibodies in infants
- Respiratory viruses spread quickly during 2012 hajj pilgrimage
- Dengue outbreak affected Federated States of Micronesia
- Empirical treatment with doxycycline may treat non-malarial fevers in Laos
- Fungal meningitis linked to ischemic stroke
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- HCV decline associated with needle and syringe programs
- Interventions needed to improve influenza vaccination among HCWs
- Marijuana not associated with liver disease progression in HIV/HCV coinfection
- Quadrivalent influenza vaccine effective against influenza B strains
- Registries helped track resistant infections in health care facilities
- Multiple risky behaviors commonly occur among people with HIV
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia in small hospitals often caused by MRSA
- New protease inhibitors showing promise for HIV/HCV coinfection Jeff Brock, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP
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