Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• mHealth: Innovative collaboration between physicians, patients and technologists
• Acyclovir slowed HIV progression in those coinfected with HSV-2
• Antibiotics bested probiotic regimen in treating UTIs in postmenopausal women
• Antimalarial therapies in endemic regions identified as poorly manufactured
• Azithromycin therapy linked to small boost in cardiovascular mortality
• CMS policy led to increased attention to HAI prevention
• Considerable number of deaths caused by sudden cardiac death in HIV
• FDA approves new plague treatment
• Glutathione deficiency in patients with diabetes increased risk for melioidosis
• HCV eradication halted HIV progression in coinfected patients
• Health care-associated infections linked to increase in hospital readmissions
• Hospitals in Premier HQID program experienced little mortality decline
• Many pregnant women fail to receive STD testing
• Pandemic flu caused less illness, fewer hospitalizations than predicted
• Probiotics reduced incidence of antibiotic-associated diarrhea
• Silent coronary artery disease, vitamin D deficiency prevalent in blacks with HIV
• US hospitalizations for rotavirus declined after vaccine introduction
• Valacyclovir failed to prevent HSV-2 meningitis recurrence
• New foot-and-mouth strain spreads across Gaza Strip Arnon Shimshony, DVM
• The effect of switching to ICD-10 coding structure William T. Gerson, MD
• FDA committee backs combo PrEP for prevention of HIV in those at highest risk
• Dual prevalence of malaria, STIs observed in sub-Saharan African women
• Adjunct to tuberculin skin test recommended to aid TB diagnoses
• Completion rates of HPV vaccination series decreasing
• Hearing loss risk linked to children with HIV infection exposure
• Infectious diseases leading cause of death in children aged younger than 5 years
• MMRV vaccines safe with HAV, PCV7; blunted response noted
• Nurses in community health centers can help treat pediatric LTBI
• School-based health centers effective at increasing immunizations rates
• School-entry requirements key in boosting adolescent vaccination compliance
• Advanced liver disease progression for those with HCV expected to rise
• Bundle effectively reduced bacteremia in oncology patients with central lines
• Computer system facilitated collection of STI information from teens
• Increased mortality observed in patients with HCV and diabetes
• LAIV reduced all-cause AOM
• Nasal MRSA colonization increased risk for surgical site infections
• Pre-travel health advice urged before visiting dengue-endemic areas
• Triple-drug combo plus telaprevir did not worsen quality of life in patients with HCV
• Ulysses syndrome common in pediatric liver transplant patients