Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- ACIP updates General Recommendations on Immunization
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- CDC survey shows half of office-based physicians using EMRs
- CDC updates meningococcal vaccine guidelines
- Disparities in immunizations remain among older Hispanics
- Health officials note increase in febrile seizures after flu vaccine
- HHS updates antiretroviral guidelines
- Number of adults tested for HIV reached a record high in 2009
- Pneumococcal disease: A red flag in heart disease management
- Social media empowers patients, allows for transparency of health care
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- Survey shows patient confusion about qualifications of health care professionals
- The finances of the flu vaccine
- WHO Director-General outlines demands on organization, goals for future
- Acyclovir failed to lead to HIV resistance in patients with HSV-2
- Adolescents may require different care than adults after PID
- Cholera vaccine effective post-outbreak
- Collaborative care intervention improved depression, symptom outcomes in patients with HIV
- Convalescent plasma treatment reduced mortality in patients with severe H1N1
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- Dropout rate for liver transplant elevated in patients with HIV
- Earlier pediatric HAART may reduce HIV mortality in developing countries
- First confirmed person-to-person transmission of dual-resistant H1N1 in UK hospital
- Gender, race, geographic location influence clinical outcomes in HIV
- Haiti cholera outbreak spreads to Dominican Republic, Florida
- Herpes zoster vaccine decreased risk for shingles by 55% in older adults
- High-dose vitamin D failed to increase recovery rate in patients with TB
- Incision, drainage optimal treatment method for MRSA-related skin abscesses
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- Increased malaria control during pregnancy needed in sub-Saharan Africa
- Intervention program reduced MRSA infections by 93% after cardiothoracic surgery
- Men with HIV who initially test negative for HCV should be re-tested later
- Nasal screening alone may be insufficient for MRSA detection
- Nearly one-third of physicians changed their practice after HIV transmission from organ transplant
- New screening technique rapidly identified potential locations of B. pseudomallei
- Number of C. difficile cases increasing among hospitalized children
- Obesity associated with higher risk for death in patients with H1N1
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- Parents encouraged to participate in HPV vaccination discussion
- Pertussis outbreaks burden local public health departments
- Pharmacogenetic markers led to discontinuation of ART in treatment-naive patients
- Private ICUs decreased hospital-acquired infection rates
- Quadrivalent HPV vaccine effective against genital warts in young males
- Researchers discover interaction site of HIV-1 and antiviral protein
- Rosuvastatin, atorvastatin improved lipid levels in patients with HIV
- Rotavirus vaccines helped reduce hospitalization-related illness
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- Self-reported sexual history unreliable for predicting STD status
- TB linked to higher risk for lung cancer
- Triple-therapy regimen bested standard regimen in lowering HIV transmission when nursing
- Triplex nucleic acid testing detected HIV, HBV, HCV before seroconversion
- Two doses of varicella vaccine highly effective for children
- H1N1 pandemic shed light on ineffectiveness of some viral diagnostics
- New approaches needed for future development of flu vaccine
- New technologies require FDA review as influenza vaccine market grows
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- Provider influence, patient awareness key for successful vaccination delivery in adults
- Two confirmed cases of Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever Arnon Shimshony, DVM