Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- Spike in foodborne outbreaks highlights need for improvements
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- New directions home: Aligning HIV treatment, prevention
- ACIP: HPV vaccination recommended for 11- to 12-year-old boys
- Acute respiratory illness clusters attributed to human enterovirus 68
- AIDS initiative prevented more than 100,000 new infections in India
- CVD risk increased in women with HPV
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation decreased mortality in severe H1N1
- Fluconazole viable treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis
- Hormonal contraceptives doubled risk for HIV infection, transmission
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- HPV rates in American Indian women surpass white women
- Improvements needed in flu vaccinations among black nursing home residents
- Improvements needed in infection control, treatment, detection of MDR-TB in China
- Influenza vaccination intervention yielded higher coverage rates
- P. knowlesi malaria circulating in Thailand for more than a decade
- S. gallolyticus infections an early warning for colorectal cancer
- State-level influenza-associated hospitalizations reporting beneficial
- WHO: Funding needed to support global TB decline
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- ED layout associated with poor hand hygiene compliance among HCWs
- HAART initiated at higher CD4 count slowed disease progression
- HCW uniforms laundered in domestic setting eliminated bacteria
- Boceprevir safe, effective in HCV/HIV coinfection
- Data on MRSA, antibiotic-associated diarrhea link on the rise
- Decreasing availability of drugs linked to adverse patient outcomes
- Despite stable HIV testing rates among US men, more work needed
- Flu vaccine accepted by pregnant women, not linked to miscarriage
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- Flu vaccine requirements suboptimal among US HCWs
- HIV testing strongly associated with health care organization resources
- Nine IV compounds in development for resistant gram-negative bacilli
- Pichia identified as Candida antagonist
- Public restrooms contained too many bacteria to count
- Recent medical graduates more doubtful of immunizations vs. older counterparts
- Recombinant GBV-C E2 protein in CD4 count rendered cells tolerant, HIV-resistant