Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Long COVID: A ‘mysterious’ syndrome with ‘no clear pattern’ of symptoms Caitlyn Stulpin
• 6 weeks of antibiotics not better than 12 weeks for prosthetic joint infection Caitlyn Stulpin
• 15-valent pneumococcal vaccine shows promise in children in phase 3 trials Ken Downey Jr.
• ACIP unanimously recommends dengue vaccine for children aged 9 to 16 years Ken Downey Jr.
• Affordable Care Act survives another Supreme Court challenge Janel Miller
• Birth region may predict time to TB diagnosis among foreign-born people in US Eamon N. Dreisbach
• Booster dose could make transplant recipients less vulnerable to COVID-19, study finds Caitlyn Stulpin
• CDC reports rise in resistant Salmonella infections Caitlyn Stulpin
• CDC unable to estimate flu vaccine effectiveness after historically mild season Eamon N. Dreisbach
• Children with COVID-19 may not show typical symptoms Ken Downey Jr.
• COVID-19 vaccine coverage lags among young adults, with many saying they will forego shot Ken Downey Jr.
• COVID-19 vaccines highly immunogenic in pregnant and lactating women, study shows Ken Downey Jr.
• CureVac says its COVID-19 vaccine was 47% efficacious in trial beset by variants Eamon N. Dreisbach
• Despite decline in HSV-2, nearly 20 million new infections still expected by 2050 in US Caitlyn Stulpin
• 11K vaccinations help Guinea end Ebola outbreak after 4 months Caitlyn Stulpin
• FDA says children aged as young as 3 years can take Epclusa for hepatitis C Ken Downey Jr.
• FDA tells J&J to discard more batches of vaccine from Baltimore plant Gerard Gallagher
• High-dose ceftriaxone noninferior to dual therapy for extragenital gonorrhea in MSM Eamon N. Dreisbach
• HIV incidence down 73% since 1980s, but racial, ethnic disparities remain Eamon N. Dreisbach
• IDSA publishes guidelines for SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests Eamon N. Dreisbach
• Infections occurred weeks before first reported COVID-19 cases in US, NIH study shows Caitlyn Stulpin
• Masks, ventilation upgrades lowered COVID-19 incidence in elementary schools Ken Downey Jr.
• ‘Monumental’: US backs waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines Caitlyn Stulpin
• More hospitals mandate COVID-19 vaccination for employees Caitlyn Stulpin
• Technique using mass spectrometer could identify drugs to fight resistant bacteria Caitlyn Stulpin
• Novavax says COVID-19 vaccine highly protective in trial, including against variants Eamon N. Dreisbach
• Patients with invasive fungal sinusitis treated successfully with isavuconazole Caitlyn Stulpin
• People who use drugs have double the rate of readmission for S. aureus Caitlyn Stulpin
• Previous syphilis infection attenuates subsequent infection, study finds Eamon N. Dreisbach
• Progress in reducing antibiotic use stalls despite stewardship push Caitlyn Stulpin
• Q&A: At UN meeting, leaders recommit to fight against HIV/AIDS Caitlyn Stulpin
• Regeneron cocktail reduces risk for death in some hospitalized patients, study finds Eamon N. Dreisbach; Gerard Gallagher
• Researchers identify variables associated with COVID-19 fatalities during first wave Eamon N. Dreisbach
• Study demonstrates ‘exciting potential’ of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes to control dengue Gerard Gallagher
• Telemedicine gets mixed reviews from ID consultants, referring providers Eamon N. Dreisbach
• Use of HCV-infected organs increases transplants, but treatment questions remain Melissa J. Webb, MA
• Variants, flu pose serious threats to unvaccinated Americans this fall Caitlyn Stulpin
• Why is long COVID-19 reported more often among women than men?
• Q&A: Link between COVID-19 vaccination, tinnitus ‘worth looking into’ Janel Miller
• Hooked on ID with Myron Cohen, MD
• Community-associated MRSA colonization linked to significantly increased mortality risk Janel Miller
• Antifungal stewardship: Core elements to success Jeff Brock, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP