Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Clinicians push back against vaccine myths
• A model of success: The VA’s battle against MRSA
• Analysis shows birth defects in 10% of US pregnancies affected by Zika
• Canadian guidelines recommend against HCV screening in low-risk adults
• CDC: Yellow fever vaccine supply to be depleted in US by mid-2017
• High-risk HPV prevalent among US adults
• Inclusion of rapid test results leaves gaps in CDC foodborne illness data
• Integrated STD/HIV programs help reduce HIV transmission
• Local transmission of Japanese encephalitis documented in Africa for first time
• Malaria over 3 decades: Progress and pessimism
• Passenger with XDR-TB dies on 3-hour flight from Turkey to Germany
• Recent surge in European measles cases driven by vaccination gaps
• Shaving brushes made from animal hair once carried anthrax risk
• Syphilis rates among MSM eclipse those of other populations
• Takeda’s dengue vaccine shows promising results against all serotypes
• Ugandan outbreak of noninfectious elephantiasis linked to walking barefoot in volcanic soil
• Vaccination reduces risk for influenza-related death among children by 65%
• Vaccines slowed, possibly degraded by obsolete delivery systems
• Zika virus may lead to cardiovascular complications
• Vaccine refusal: What are the best ways to overcome it?
• Health IT resources are mandatory for effective antimicrobial stewardship programs Debra A. Goff, PharmD, FCCP
• West Nile virus: The US epidemic Thomas M Yuill, PhD; Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
• Azithromycin does not increase ventricular arrhythmia risk
• Benzodiazepines associated with increased risk for pneumonia in Alzheimer’s disease
• Delayed HCV treatment can increase risk for mortality
• Disabilities common in older patients with HIV
• Diversion device reduces blood culture contamination, costs
• Estimates show high prevalence of HIV, hepatitis among homeless veterans
• Etiology of SSSIs similar in patients with, without diabetes
• FIB-4 most effective predictor of HCV complications
• Global efforts to eradicate yaws may require treating pet monkeys
• Gut microbiota major source of K. pneumoniae infection in ICU patients
• HIV care in MSM increases; disparity between whites and blacks persists
• Influenza vaccine coverage varies by occupation
• Malaria hospitalizations in US more common than realized
• Most young patients with HCV located far from syringe programs
• NAAT cuts waste in treatment of TB, comorbidities
• Rate of fatal measles complication high in unvaccinated children
• Researchers find Zika RNA in Brazilian A. albopictus mosquitoes
• Researchers identify potential risk factors for MERS-CoV
• B. cepacia outbreak in nursing facilities traced to saline flushes
• CDI recurrence linked to higher mortality, health care costs
• Clinical decision support tool helps reduce mortality in patients with severe sepsis
• Hospital-acquired CDI rates persist despite enhanced cleaning
• Incidence of certain cancers expected to decline among HIV–positive individuals
• Vaccine-type HPV prevalence in US declines 71% among teen girls
• Veterinarian in NYC contracts avian influenza from cat
• Immunizing health care workers: Recommendations and requirements Leah Molloy, PharmD
• Are HPV vaccination rates in the pediatric office reflective of the quality of adolescent care that an office gives?