Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Chikungunya awareness needed as disease hits the US
• 6 infections acquired by travelers
• Effective surveillance led to control of 2013 cholera outbreak in Mexico
• Ebola spreads to Nigeria, prompts international response
• Postoperative antibiotics did not lower infection risk following cholecystectomy
• Researchers investigate antibody immunotherapy for MERS treatment
• S. enterica emergence led to largest foodborne epidemic in England, Wales
• New WHO HIV guidelines focus on vulnerable populations
• CDC halts transfer of select agents within, outside agency labs
• Mycoplasma genitalium: A pelvic inflammatory disease pathogen that needs attention Toni Darville, MD
• Ebola, measles, polio: We have met the enemy, and he is us Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
• FDA designates isavuconazole QIDP drug
• HPV persists significantly longer in black women
• Bacterial biofilms in carotid artery plaque may cause CV events
• Two non-cephalosporin regimens effective against gonorrhea
• Alternative model links HCV to high ESRD rates
• Carbapenemase-producing organism found in squid at Canadian grocery store
• Few outpatients receive antiviral prescriptions for influenza
• HIV epidemics increased among IDUs in Middle East, North Africa
• Hypoglycemia a possible adverse reaction to linezolid
• New guidelines offer advice to optimize hand hygiene in hospitals
• Dengue vaccine efficacious in phase 3 trial
• Australian inmates had increased risk for HCV
• Children with comorbidities more likely to have non-vaccine serotype IPD
• CRE incidence increased fivefold in southeastern US
• Direct hospital admission more cost-effective than ED admission
• Ebola virus present in West Africa ahead of current outbreak
• Efavirenz increased risk for suicidality
• FibroTest yielded suboptimal accuracy in detecting significant fibrosis, cirrhosis
• Fist bumps more hygienic than handshakes
• HCWs have significant role in prevention of health care-associated pertussis
• HCV genotype 1 most prevalent worldwide with 83.4 million cases
• Hypertension an underreported side effect of IVIG infusion
• IDUs may prefer rapid HCV test
• IPV improved intestinal immunity among children given OPV
• Latent TB may be underestimated in corticosteroid users
• Live oral cholera vaccine safe, immunogenic in adults
• MenACWY-CRM booster dose elicited robust immune response
• Mental health of children affected by HIV comparable to children with HIV
• MERS may be airborne
• MK-5172 with PEG-IFN/ribavirin effective, safe when treating HCV
• Most shigellosis cases caused by S. flexneri, S. sonnei
• Novel gut virus infects more than half of global population
• Patients with HIV highly vulnerable to MRSA colonization
• Patients with HIV, cancer less likely to receive oncology treatment
• Poverty, poor health, exposure are risk factors for IPD among South African children
• Pregnancy-related listeriosis in Israel may be linked to epidemic clones
• Raltegravir safe in end-stage liver disease after transplant
• Routine ED patient screening increases HIV diagnosis, treatment
• Routine vaccines rarely associated with adverse events in children
• Seasonal influenza vaccine promoted antibody persistence in young children
• Sofosbuvir/ribavirin regimen led to SVR among patients with HIV, HCV
• Unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions common upon discharge to hospice care
• Use of HIV transition clinics low among young patients in Uganda
• Veterans with HCV genotype 3 at greater risk for cirrhosis, HCC
• Viral load decreased in patients with HCV after therapies that included statins, fibrates
• WHO: Rotavirus surveillance network requires additional resources
• Carbapenem resistance responsible for many Enterobacteriaceae deaths
• CDC: pH1N1 dominated 2013-2014 influenza season
• New agents associated with drug-induced aseptic meningitis
• Rapid, point-of-care HIV test for infants shows promise
• Social intervention increased minority enrollment into HIV trials
• HCV RNA testing not always performed after positive antibody tests
• Receipt of seasonal flu vaccine lessened response to pH1N1 vaccine
• Non-HIV populations show high burden of invasive fungal infections
• Engineers develop processor to treat, prevent sepsis
• Researchers explore plant remedy for malaria
• Managing noncommunicable diseases in routine HIV care feasible
• Depression associated with failure to suppress viral load
• Postpartum disengagement from care common in pregnant women with HIV
• ART initiation in late adolescence linked to decreased continuation of therapy
• Researchers call for improvement in support for sex workers to control HIV pandemic
• Workplace support lessened HCW fear when treating HIV patients
• Incidence, death rates on decline for HIV, malaria and TB
• Gonorrhea: Treatment and prevention of the sexually transmitted superbug Kati Shihadeh, PharmD, BCIDP
• Review of antiviral agents for treatment of pediatric HSV infection Edward A. Bell, PharmD, BCPS