Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ‘Common-sense’ precautions reduce risk for variant flu at fairs
• Adding corticosteroids to antibiotics cut community-acquired pneumonia treatment costs
• Antibiotic exposure identified as risk factor for community-acquired CDI in children
• Antimicrobial prophylaxis halts GAS outbreak in children’s shelter
• Baseline genotype testing at HIV diagnosis not cost-effective
• Chlorhexidine for meatal cleaning before catheterization prevents ASB, UTIs
• Connectivity of urban parks contributes to spread of ticks
• DNA-based PCR test accurately predicts antibiotic resistance
• Drug-free MRSA treatment to be tested in clinical studies
• Each day of S. aureus bacteremia increases mortality risk by 16%
• EHR alert significantly reduces inappropriate gastrointestinal testing
• Eliminating contamination from hospital transfers could reduce CDI cases by 13%
• EMR tool reduces C. difficile testing, antibiotic overtreatment
• Extragenital STDs prevalent among MSM recruited in nonclinical settings
• FDA approves Dengvaxia for dengue prevention in children
• FDA rejects approval of Nabriva’s Contepo over manufacturing concerns
• Gilead agrees to donate HIV PrEP for up to 200K people a year
• Health care personnel should not be screened yearly for TB, guidelines say
• Vaccine reduces HPV prevalence among teen girls by 86% in 10 years
• ID telemedicine ‘a win for all involved’ at one remote hospital
• In a first, engineered phages used to treat teen’s mycobacterial infection
• Dedicating staff hours for infection prevention and control improves stewardship in nursing homes
• IV antibiotics associated with worse outcomes in patients with heart failure
• Trial evaluates long-acting ART in patients unable to adhere to treatment
• Rotavirus vaccine uptake too low in US
• Merck’s 15-valent pneumococcal vaccine noninferior to PCV13
• Most injection drug users in 8 US cities have been infected with HCV
• Multistate outbreak of valley fever traced to service trips in Mexico
• Nearly all kids with AFM in 2018 had prior viral illness, CDC says
• NIH pledges over $41 million for STI vaccine research
• No benefit in longer treatment for SSTIs in patients with obesity, heart failure
• NYC health care facilities reduce risk for measles exposures
• Older age, respiratory symptoms indicate Nipah virus infectivity
• PARTNER2: ART prevents HIV transmission among gay couples
• Prophylactic oral vancomycin does not consistently reduce risk for CDI relapse
• Racial disparities in HIV prevention persist among women
• Transgender women have similar rates of viral suppression as cisgender patients
• S. aureus bacteremia: Not a ‘static’ syndrome
• Seqirus makes plans to transition to cell-based flu vaccine
• SSI rates differ by sex, procedures
• Subclinical findings may explain heart failure risk in women with HIV
• Universal gloving may offer small protective effect against HAIs
• US saw increase in most foodborne infections in 2018
• ‘We have a problem’: Experts highlight racial disparities in flu vaccination coverage
• WHO launches malaria vaccine program in 3 African countries
• WHO panel recommends expanded Ebola vaccination in Congo
• Q&A: Battling HIV PrEP stigma
• Is the world due for an influenza pandemic?
• Time to get it right: Consequences of mislabeled penicillin allergies Lisa Infanti, PharmD
• ID laboratory stewardship: A concept in need of implementation Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Larry M. Bush, MD, FACP
• Drug prices on TV ‘a step in the right direction’
• Hooked on ID with Joseph D. Cooper, MD Joseph D. Cooper, MD
• 23-year study shows treatment barriers faced by some women with HIV
• Clinical characteristics predict presence of candidemia in patients with candiduria
• Mandatory school vaccination could keep measles at bay, study suggests
• No advantage in treating men with UTIs for more than 7 days
• Outside temperature impacts MDRO incidence in climate-controlled ICUs
• Placards do not improve hand hygiene adherence
• Smartphone app identifies ear infections in children
• XDRO registry could reduce spread of CRE, ‘even with modest participation’
• HCV transmission among ED patients result of illegal drug diversion
• Increase in Colorado tick fever cases suggest virus is enzootic in Oregon
• Investigators use data from Lyft, Uber to search for measles cases
• Large shigellosis outbreak at wedding linked to asparagus
• Legionellosis cluster at horse racetrack traced to hot tub
• Norovirus outbreak sickened hundreds at California wildfire shelters
• NYC monitors patients colonized with C. auris upon their release
• Superbug infections in 17 states linked to weight loss surgeries in Mexico
• VIDEO: First legionellosis outbreak in New Hampshire in more than 50 years
• VIDEO: Multistate outbreak of M. fortuitum linked to vaccine mishandling
• VIDEO: Partnering with police to stop a wound botulism outbreak
• VIDEO: Pneumococcal disease outbreak strikes Alabama prison
• The good, bad and unnecessary prescribing of oral vancomycin prophylaxis in immunosuppressed patients Jennifer Ross, PharmD, BCIDP; Kimberly Boeser, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP