Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- Flu vaccination rates in HCWs: Room for improvement
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- Cefixime for N. gonorrhoeae produced high treatment failure in Toronto
- Early ART initiation improved CD4 counts, delayed disease progression
- Patients exposed to HIV, hepatitis via insulin pen at VA hospital
- 8-year MRSA reduction observed at Atlanta VA hospital
- 8-year MRSA reduction observed at Atlanta VA hospital
- 18 meningitis cases identified among high-risk MSM in New York
- Accounting for loss to follow-up changed life-years gained in HIV
- Cefixime for N. gonorrhoeae produced high treatment failure in Toronto
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- Definition of HGA influenced rates of coinfection with Lyme disease
- HCC incidence increased in HIV/hepatitis coinfection
- High prevalence of S. aureus carriage in HCWs contributed to outbreak
- Many patients with chlamydia fail to receive recommended retest
- Model predicts risk for chikungunya outbreak across US
- New data highlight US hepatitis burden
- Nosocomial transmission responsible for XDR-TB outbreak in South Africa
- Rates of two HPV-related cancers increased, HPV vaccination low
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- Real-time test developed to detect fungal meningitis pathogen
- SSI risk after hip arthroplasty more likely at lower-ranked hospitals