Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- STD epidemic in US carries staggering human, economic costs
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- More effective CMV prophylactic therapies needed for high-risk HCT patients Roy F. Chemaly, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
- Black, Hispanic HCV patients more likely to fail DAA therapy
- Children with type 1 diabetes more likely to have enterovirus infections
- CRE from US swine farm poses threat of foodborne transmission
- Fidaxomicin highly effective for treating C. difficile infection
- First Ebola-related death from breast milk transmission reported in Guinea
- HIV status significantly influences heart failure outcomes in women
- Nevada woman dies of pan-resistant CRE infection
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- Prison ‘hooch’ caused largest US botulism outbreak since 1978
- Report raises questions about long-term effects of DAAs for HCV
- Routine feedback does not improve antibiotic use
- Several states legally require hand sanitation stations at animal contact exhibits
- SHEA, CDC collaborate to prevent outbreaks in health care facilities
- The new face of an old disease: TB over 3 decades
- STD prevention programs need revamping
- Keys to successful ASP development Belinda Ostrowsky, MD, MPH; Priya Nori, MD; Rachel Bartash, MD
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- ‘Anti-vaxxers’: A menace to public health Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Marjorie P. Pollack, MD
- Trump warned about inevitable infectious disease outbreak
- Cutting TB drug dosage in half reduces hearing loss, maintains efficacy
- Early lactate levels may help identify at-risk children with suspected sepsis
- Experts classify comorbid conditions as risk factors for CLABSI and SSI
- Fractional-dose IPV noninferior to full-dose IPV
- Genital HPV prevalence remains high in men despite availability of vaccine
- Lab worker contracts HIV through unknown transmission route
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- Land use in China threatens progress against schistosomiasis
- Most immune globulin products ineffective for hepatitis A prophylaxis
- MRSA declines in VA hospitals after federal initiative
- Newborns can safely receive rabies PEP
- Outcomes similar among certain patients with suspected VAP receiving shorter vs. longer therapy
- Person-to-person transmission drives epidemic of XDR-TB in South African province
- PPI use increases risk for listeriosis
- Researchers find Japanese tapeworm in wild-caught Alaska pink salmon
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- Researchers observe waning influenza vaccine effectiveness
- RSV, HMPV outbreak in dementia care ward highlights challenges in infection control
- Short-term cost of interferon-free therapies for all HCV patients high yet cost-effective
- Olysio plus Sovaldi effective, commonly used in HCV
- Smartphone-based diagnostic test accurately detects antimicrobial resistance
- UV-C light kills drug-resistant bacteria in hospital rooms
- Women with Lactobacillus-deficient vaginal microbiomes at fourfold increased risk for HIV
- Xpert diagnostic tool increases TB detection rate, treatment initiation
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- Large assessment of Ebola survivors in Guinea paints post-disease picture
- Penicillin skin testing: An underused approach to antibiotic de-escalation Kimberly Boeser, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP; Emir Kobic, PharmD