Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ‘Culturally competent’ transgender health care starts with clinicians
• ACIP recommends HEPLISAV-B for HBV vaccination
• CDC documents hundreds of cases of ‘unusual’ bacterial resistance in US
• CDC: Yellow fever kills four Brazil travelers; vaccination urged
• Current rate of progress not enough to eliminate TB
• Drop in HIV incidence in US excludes MSM
• Horsepox virus creation, aimed at smallpox vaccine, stirs controversy
• Monkeypox re-emerges in Africa
• NIAID creates ‘scientific blueprint’ for universal flu vaccine
• Oseltamivir does not increase suicide risk in children, adolescents
• T2Candida shortens time to Candida detection vs. culture
• Theodore C. Eickhoff, MD, past Infectious Disease News Chief Medical Editor, dies at 86
• World’s first case of gonorrhea resistant to first-line drugs reported in England
• Should medical schools require transgender health education?
• Less is more: The uncommon need for vancomycin Susan S. Huang, MD MPH
• Anthrax: A disease of herbivores (and a dangerous bioweapon) Larry M. Bush, MD, FACP; Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
• Genomics soon to be standard for rapid ID diagnostics
• Antimalarial resistance spread undetected for 5 years in Cambodia
• Combining HIV drug dolutegravir with TB therapy causes ‘serious toxicities’
• Current WHO strategy not enough to eliminate yaws, researchers say
• Dengue patients have higher stroke risk, especially in first 2 months
• Findings support using neonatal rotavirus vaccine starting at birth
• Fluoroquinolones often prescribed for UTIs, respiratory conditions
• Global antibiotic consumption increases 65% over 16 years
• Glowing dye simplifies TB detection
• HCV finger-stick test accurate, gives results in 1 hour
• HPV vaccination rates increase substantially among males in US
• ID mortality rate in US decreases almost 20% since 1980
• Mandatory flu vaccine policies reduce absenteeism in health care workers
• Many doctors prescribe dying patients antimicrobials despite resistance concerns
• No advantage in adding meropenem to colistin for A. baumannii infections
• No decrease in outpatient antibiotic prescribing in over 3 years
• Released inmates with HIV stay virally suppressed through peer navigation
• Ribavirin has ‘demonstrable’ effect on Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
• T. vaginalis disproportionately affects blacks
• Testing all adults for HCV cost-effective, improves outcomes
• Truvada as HIV PrEP not associated with net fat increase
• Two-thirds of antibiotic combinations sold illegally in India
• Vaping increases susceptibility to pneumococcal infection
• 1 month of TB prophylaxis as effective as 9 months
• Biological changes during, after pregnancy may increase HIV risk in women
• Blacks largest US group with HIV PrEP indications
• Higher rifampin doses safe for patients with pulmonary TB
• Low ART levels in hair predict virologic failure in patients with HIV
• Naltrexone improves HIV care in freed inmates
• Open-label studies show high uptake of vaginal ring for HIV prevention
• Starting ART at home improves HIV care in Africa
• No evidence of ongoing HIV replication on ART
• Study supports dolutegravir, rifampin-based therapy for HIV/TB coinfection
• Urine-based TB testing identifies additional cases
• Biktarvy: The newest integrase strand inhibitor Kati Shihadeh, PharmD, BCIDP