Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- Straight talk needed on STI prevention for adolescents
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- Cost-benefit of vaccines: Considering everyones perspective
- ACOG recommends immediate treatment for STIs in partners of infected patients
- Babesiosis should be considered more frequently when diagnosing certain fevers
- Beta-lactam use associated with worse outcomes for E. coli patients
- Better dialogue needed among at-risk populations in HIV clinical trials
- C. difficile infection emerging without risk factors in outpatient population
- Cases in Listeria outbreak escalating
- CDC: Give patients flu vaccine now
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- CDC releases RSV data
- Children colonized with MRSA prone to full-blown infection
- Consider disparities in cervical cancer screening
- Controlling HAIs in nursing homes a daunting task
- Effective education on bed bug management needed
- Employee flu vaccines reduced outbreaks in long-term care facilities
- HCW uniforms contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria
- HIV, STI interventions should address partner abuse
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- HPV vaccine may be effective in fewer than three doses
- Immunoadsorption viable rescue therapy for HUS, neurological deficits
- Influenza strains from summer months antigenically similar to current vaccine
- Low quality of life reported among internal medicine residents
- Malaria vaccine protected against parasites similar to vaccine strain
- Medical students’ intent to provide care unbiased
- MRSA colonization rates low among pregnant women, newborns
- Response-guided regimen reduced treatment duration by half in HCV
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- Rotavirus vaccination led to herd immunity, significant cost savings
- Social media aided in recruiting for clinical trial in rare disease
- Targeted STI intervention strategies urged for youth with HIV
- Targeting foodborne illness key in policymaking
- UK rescinds blood donor ban for MSM
- Universal hepatitis B vaccine produced far-reaching effects
- Inclusion of LGBT content in undergraduate medical curriculum low
- Updated guidelines for organ transplantation issued
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- Cryptococcus gattii emerging in HIV/AIDS population
- Antibiotic-associated diarrhea common in patients prescribed carbapenems
- Blacks at twofold increased risk for candidemia infections
- Bloodstream infection risk high in ICU gynecological cancer patients
- Continued efforts needed to prevent infective endocarditis, improve treatment
- Efforts needed to continue judicious use of antibiotics
- Etravirine bested efavirenz in treatment-naive HIV
- HCWs at risk for C. difficile from patients with resolved symptoms
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- Invasive mold infections occurred with absence of prophylaxis covering
- Maternal combo HAART, nursing regimen reduced risk for HIV transmission
- Previous antibiotic use, length of stay influence cefepime resistance in febrile neutropenic patients
- Vancomycin comparable to metronidazole in C. difficile infection