Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• NTDs require more recognition, resources to be controlled
• Hypothermia may be harmful in patients with severe bacterial meningitis
• ACIP updates general recommendations for immunization
• Additional H7N9 cases reported in China
• CDC issues provisional guidelines for bedaquiline
• CDC: Malaria cases in US at 40-year high
• HIV vaccine elicits anti-V1V2 IgG antibody response in infants
• ID specialists lowered mortality risk among hospitalized patients
• IDSA report calls for improved, rapid diagnostic testing
• Largest-ever vaccination campaign underway to stop polio in Middle East
• New Japanese encephalitis vaccine more accessible to those in need
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• Information campaign lowered antibiotic use in Italy
• The changing impact of infectious diseases on global disease burden J. Glenn Morris Jr., MD, MPH&TM
• Timing is critical with this unique influenza season Kathryn M. Edwards, MD
• Experts discuss options for flu vaccines Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Theodore C. Eickhoff, MD
• QIV may add greater protection for 2013-2014 flu season
• WHO: First MERS case in Oman
• China reports increasing incidence of hypervirulent K. pneumoniae
• Statins failed to improve day-28 survival in VAP
• Treatment failure may be result of Leishmania parasites' greater infectivity
• HIV vaccine not efficacious
• Anemia predictor of treatment failure at high altitude
• ART-naive MSM source of transmitted drug-resistant HIV
• Better CMV medications urged for haploidentical stem cell transplant patients
• CDC: Dracunculiasis cases potentially ‘historic low’ for 2013
• Child mortality declining in South Africa
• Cholera epidemic driving public health improvements in Haiti
• Consensus treatment guidelines urged for pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in SLE patients
• Earlier first-dose measles vaccination increased infection risk
• Flu vaccine linked to lower risk for CV events
• Hand hygiene intervention bundles need further study
• HCV increased risk for HIV neuroretinal disorder
• HIV prevalence rates declined among US military applicants
• Honey ineffective in preventing peritoneal dialysis-related infections
• Knowledge of HCV status influences equipment-sharing in IDUs
• Many high-risk travelers not adequately counseled
• Mutations present in 15% of patients tested for InSTI resistance
• No link between nosocomial C. difficile recurrence, concurrent PPI use/infection treatment
• Novel compound identified for histoplasmosis treatment
• PCR system may improve antibiotic selection in MRSA
• Pediatric HIV otolaryngologic conditions decreased in ART era
• Prevalence of MRSA at admission predicted acquisition rate
• Rare pneumococcal serotype may be more prevalent than previously thought
• Risky sexual behavior did not increase among partners on PrEP
• Stroke risk increased after varicella infection in children
• Treatment at multiple clinics linked to poorer outcomes in HIV
• Cholera outbreak hits Mexico
• Malignancy burden in aging HIV patients likely to increase
• Birth cohort alone insufficient as HCV screening criterion
• Discrepancy found between self-reported, observed use of facial protective equipment
• EACS keynotes focus on progress in HIV, remaining challenges
• Fecal transplantation using pills had high success rate against recurrent C. difficile
• Influenza vaccination reduced flu-related CAP hospitalizations in children, adults
• Low BMD, age increased fracture risk in adults with HIV
• Mortality rate for children with HIV decreased in the Netherlands
• Physicians not following CDC guides on HCV screening
• PI-based therapy for hepatitis C showed promising results in real-life urban setting
• Rapid molecular testing economical, improved antibiotic therapy
• Rash, anemia among adverse events seen in HCV patients taking DAA
• Severe obesity is a risk factor for virological failure
• Test identified ESBL-producing bacteria quickly
• Influenza remains global threat with limited 
treatment options Kimberly Boeser, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP