Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• CVD prevention, treatment challenging as patients with HIV, HCV live longer
• The emergence of invasive fungal diseases among humans Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD
• ACIP recommends changes in pneumococcal, influenza vaccines
• ART adherence, viral suppression reduced among transgender women
• California Assembly passes mandatory vaccination bill
• CMS releases new Medicare Part B reimbursement data
• Drug resistance rises among some Salmonella serotypes
• HHS, FBI, CMS join together for national Medicare fraud takedown
• HHS funds hospital upgrades for severe infections, Ebola
• Modern housing associated with decreased malaria risk
• MSM without HIV remain at risk for HCV
• Online tool predicts antibiotic resistance in TB
• Report signifies 'wakeup call' about lack of health coverage globally
• REPRIEVE trial likely to clarify value of statins in HIV population
• Supreme Court upholds health care subsidies in states without exchanges
• Vaccines: An innovative approach to combating antimicrobial resistance Carole Heilman, PhD
• Treating MRSA bacteremia and endocarditis: What are the options? Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Larry M. Bush, MD, FACP
• FDA designates microbiome-based therapy as breakthrough for recurrent C. difficile
• Airline, ground transportation routes influence spread of influenza
• Alisporivir/PEG-IFN a-2a plus ribavirin yields high virologic response rates for HCV genotype 1
• Antibiotics effective treatment in lieu of appendectomy
• Asian outbreak sparks MERS concerns
• Bundled intervention reduces S. aureus SSIs
• C. difficile patients benefit from oral vancomycin, IV metronidazole combination
• C. pneumoniae responsible for Air Force Academy pneumonia outbreak
• CDC releases updated STD treatment guidelines
• CDC: Sexual behaviors associated with frequency of HIV testing
• Chlorhexidine bathing suboptimal in ICU
• Cognitive skills decrease with history of severe infections
• Deaths reported following vaccination most often unrelated
• Dendritic cells may hold key to elite controllers' immune response
• DENV in endemic regions spreading through blood transfusions
• Disability, P. mirabilis, diabetes influence nursing home A. baumannii
• Ebola virus shares clinical, epidemiologic features with ancient Greek epidemic
• Education-based ICU intervention reduces blood culture contamination
• Epidemic flu strains in South America later predominate in North America
• Experts call for integration of hospital infection, occupational risk prevention
• Experts: Needle exchange programs prevent outbreaks among IDUs
• Faldaprevir/PEG-IFN plus ribavirin increases SVR12 likelihood in treatment-naive HCV patients
• FDA showcases clinical trial design, regulations for HCV
• Food handlers nasally carrying S. aureus spur hand contamination
• Hand hygiene, but not census impacts MRSA colonization in NICU
• Hand washing, nail clipping reduce intestinal reinfection rates
• HIV-1 acquisition risk lower among users of NET-EN vs. DMPA
• HIV-positive organ donors can expand transplant pool
• Improved strategies needed to combat rheumatic fever resurgence in American Samoa children
• Indian reservations hit hard by Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Malaria prevalence ‘sizable’ among infants in endemic countries
• Mastectomy with immediate reconstruction doubles risk for SSI
• Microclinics improve adherence to clinic care in HIV patients
• New ICD-10 coding system poses complications to ED physicians
• New model predicts HCV progression, liver-related events
• Novel holographic microscopy technique rapidly identifies bacteria
• Over 95% of global population suffer from health problems
• Phages transferring antimicrobial resistance present in frozen chicken
• Physicians, nurses often disagree on when to test for C. difficile
• Polio persists 3 years after last case
• Probiotics may reduce S. aureus, MRSA risk
• Rapid stool test decreases recurring pediatric diarrhea in Botswana
• Real-time, whole-genome sequencing efficiently types P. aeruginosa outbreak
• Rotavirus vaccination significantly impacts seizure-related hospitalizations
• Rotavirus vaccine reduces acute gastroenteritis in children
• Similar outcomes among intra-abdominal infection patients with reduced antimicrobial duration
• Single dose of bivalent HPV vaccine as effective as three
• Some OPAT courses unnecessary, modifiable
• Some opportunistic illnesses still problematic for HIV patients
• Stigma reduces HIV prevention, knowledge, diagnosis among MSM
• Study suggests less than 1% of acute HCV cases reported to the CDC
• Surgical site infections most common during summer
• Targeted infection program decreases MRSA, UTI transmission in nursing homes
• Tracking hemodialysis patients with new MRSA infections less costly than mass screening
• Twitter informed public of Ebola outbreak days before health officials
• Urinalysis for UTI in infants more accurate than previously reported
• Viral mutations rendered 2014-2015 influenza vaccine ineffective
• West Nile virus surveillance declining in US
• Data collection overburdens infection preventionists
• Cuba first country to eliminate vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis
• Daily bathing with chlorhexidine gluconate reduces pediatric CLABSI
• Facility’s antimicrobial stewardship reduces antibiotic use by 59%
• HBV may lead to more aggressive form of HCC than HCV
• Hepatitis C and end-stage renal disease Catherine T. Frenette, MD
• What’s new with PrEP? Jeff Brock, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP