Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ID in the news: The role of the physician to educate, advise
• Antimicrobial stewardship: A work in progress Ellie J.C. Goldstein, MD
• Clinicians infrequently prescribing ART provide lower quality of HIV care
• MRSA infections decline in hospitals, persist in community
• ACP: Retail health clinics should be used as backup for primary care
• Altered immune responses at TB diagnosis predict relapse
• Antibiotic exposure associated with increased risk for depression, anxiety
• Bloodstream infections common among liver transplant recipients
• California law requires vaccinations for day care workers
• FDA allows marketing of CSF test for multiple pathogens
• China faces significant dengue threat
• 'Xenotourism' results in outbreak of Q fever
• Convalescent plasma increases HAI antibody titers
• CRE surveillance reveals high prevalence of prior hospitalizations, indwelling devices
• Dried blood spots effectively detect HCV
• Ebola treatment beds prevented 56,000 cases, 40,000 deaths in Sierra Leone
• Ebola virus persists in semen at least 9 months after infection
• FDA grants priority review of Daklinza in difficult-to-treat patients
• FDA warns of serious liver injury risk caused by Viekira Pak, Technivie
• Focus Diagnostics receives FDA clearance for flu, RSV test
• General public correctly administers, interprets HIV self-test
• Growing antibiotic resistance threatens surgical procedures, chemotherapy
• HCV increases risk for cardiovascular mortality
• HepQuant-STAT predicts HCV patients' risk for clinical outcomes
• Imprimis Pharmaceuticals announces low-cost Daraprim alternative
• Improved retention in care strategies could reduce HIV infections, costs
• Individuals with HIV living long enough to develop cancer
• Misdiagnosis of mild tick-borne infections leads to increased reports of RMSF
• Nevada health officials investigate norovirus outbreak
• Nobel Prize recognizes advancements in parasitic disease treatment
• Patients with flu-related pneumonia less likely to receive flu vaccine
• IBD increases risk for invasive pneumococcal disease
• Physicians report routine use of contact precautions for MRSA, VRE
• Rapid MRSA screening results in cost savings
• Recommendation for routine HPV4 vaccination leads to increased uptake
• Researchers find possible link between marijuana, HCV
• Rotavirus burden decreases, epidemiology changes after 2006 vaccination implementation
• SHEA recommends five steps to reduce medical overuse
• Shingles vaccine shows poor value in patients aged 50-59 years
• ‘Substantial’ percentage of MSM fail to report male sex partners at HIV testing
• Supplementary electronic queries help identify infectious CIED complications
• TB kills more people annually than any other infectious disease
• Universal MRSA screening at admission does not improve hospital infection rates
• Urinary biomarker associated with TB infection
• Switzerland imports USA300 MRSA strain from US
• Order set improves antibiotic treatment adherence for CAP
• Researchers anticipate results from REPRIEVE trial for CVD prevention in HIV patients
• The next outbreak: Public health emergency prevention, preparation and response Jeffrey S. Duchin, MD
• Why didn't Ebola just go away this time? Plus other issues ... Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Jack P. Woodall, PhD
• Experts debate risks, benefits of gain-of-function research
• Shingles booster improves cell-mediated immunity in elderly
• HIV ART may protect MSM against HBV
• HSV-2 shedding common among Africans regardless of HIV infection
• Steam, microfiber cloths reduce cleaning costs, improve efficiency
• Ivermectin interrupts malaria transmission in mosquitoes
• 2014-2015 flu vaccine reduces severe illness in hospitalized patients
• ACIP approves updates to 2016 adult immunization schedule
• Age has minimal impact on risk for C. difficile infection among elderly
• Antimicrobial stewardship reduces pediatric C. difficile infections, costs
• ART regimens based on HHS guidelines more often achieve positive outcomes
• ESBL-producing E. coli increases in community hospitals in southeastern US
• Infections common in patients who fall
• HBV common in pregnant Haitians
• High-dose flu vaccine reduces hospitalizations in elderly
• HIV screening interval influences CD4+ count at initial diagnosis
• Low-income HIV patients in ACA health plans show more viral suppression
• Measles, HAV vaccination rates low among US international travelers
• MERS remains viable in hospital room after patient discharge
• More than 8 million US children, adolescents susceptible to measles
• MSM with HIV experience high rates of asymptomatic chlamydia, gonorrhea
• Needle exchange reduces risky behaviors during HIV outbreak in Indiana
• Novel assay detects TB in early stages of disease
• Pneumonia patients rarely undergo HIV testing
• Rising HCV-related mortality in US greater than all other infectious diseases
• Solithromycin effective against M. pneumoniae in phase 3 trial
• State-level campaign reduces arthroplasty SSIs
• Switch to TAF-based HIV regimens safe, effective
• UV-C reduces infection with MDROs in hospitalized patients
• Xpert Ebola test has 'excellent' performance
• Role of prophylactic antibiotics for recurrent C. difficile prevention Jeff Brock, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP; Nathan Peterson, PharmD