Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Drug development critical to combating antibiotic resistance
• CDC confirms death of US traveler with Lassa fever
• CDC: Limited progress made in reducing foodborne pathogens
• Novel single-sample test quickly diagnoses any infection
• FDA issues draft guidance on blood donations from MSM
• New treatments for recurrent C. difficile target microbiome, toxins
• Novel single-sample test quickly diagnoses any infection
• Positive results from phase 2, phase 3 trials of frozen smallpox vaccines
• Presumptive gonorrhea treatment may hinder partner notification, care
• Trial of all-oral XDR-TB treatment begins
• Experts discuss economic incentives for antibiotic development
• The planet’s children and their neglected tropical diseases Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, FASTMH, FAAP; Neeraj Mistry, MD, MPH
• Avian influenza H5N1 and H7N9: The simmering epidemics Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
• Advisory committee offers guidance on FDA duodenoscope regulation
• FDA approves Avelox for plague
• FDA seeks more data on antimicrobial sales for food-producing animals
• Adjunctive valacyclovir fails to improve HSE outcomes
• Asymptomatic RSV cases prevalent, undetected in Kenya
• Caregivers at highest risk for household transmission of MERS
• Chlamydia review shows need for greater study uniformity
• HIV behavioral intervention boosts ART adherence in minorities
• Despite limitations, Twitter benefits infectious disease specialists
• Dog-to-human transmission of plague reported in Colorado
• Ebola detected in eye of US physician months after recovery
• EHR alerts boost HPV vaccine uptake in young women
• Former CRE carriers require extended screening to limit recurrence risk
• Geocoding can help spot influenza outbreaks
• Swine exposure at agricultural fair source of H3N2 outbreak
• 'Hawthorne effect' sways hand hygiene compliance
• HBV monitoring key for lymphoma patients with resolved hepatitis
• HCV increases among younger IDUs in Appalachia
• Health officials' quick response saves lives in 2012 meningitis outbreak
• High-dose flu vaccine helps oldest patients
• Higher oral HPV16 viral load predicts persistent infection
• HIV behavioral intervention boosts ART adherence in minorities
• HIV shedding high following male circumcision; reduced when healed
• Hospitals support antimicrobial stewardship, but practice falls short
• HSV-2 shedding increases after circumcision of HIV coinfected men
• Influenza coinfections often overlooked
• Institution reports low compliance rate for daily chlorhexidine bathing
• Intraoperative hypothermia in colectomy patients not associated with increased risk for SSI
• Isentress causes less bone density loss than PIs
• Januvia may prevent heart disease in HIV patients
• Lake swimming source of Oregon norovirus outbreak
• Leukemia patients at greater risk for C. difficile
• MDR gram-negative bacteria spreads within, between nursing homes
• Multifaceted ICU intervention decreases CLABSIs
• New MALDI-TOF method identifies C. difficile outbreaks in 30 minutes
• Pig farmers at greater risk for MDR-S. aureus
• Polio eradication within reach
• PX-UV light reduces aerobic bacteria in hospital rooms
• Researchers find rotavirus vaccination cost effective in most countries
• Smartphone testing platform quickly, accurately detects parasites in blood
• Strong 'one-health' connection exists between humans, livestock
• UNITY-2: Patients with HCV, cirrhosis achieve SVR12 on fixed-dose regimen
• UNITY-1: Fixed-dose combo yields high SVR12 in HCV patients without cirrhosis
• C-EDGE: Grazoprevir/elbasvir shows excellent activity in prior non- responders to interferon-based therapies
• GlaxoSmithKline shingles vaccine effective across older age groups
• Inhaled corticosteroids produce mixed results for COPD patients
• Researchers find flaws in CDC's media response to Ebola outbreak
• It’s not novel, but it’s an addition: Zerbaxa Kimberly Boeser, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP