Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ID physicians define new role in opioid crisis
• Far-UVC light safely kills airborne flu
• Findings support using smaller doses of yellow fever vaccine in outbreaks
• Flu illness continues to decline; pediatric deaths top 100
• Flu increases risk for acute myocardial infarction
• GSK tops index ranking companies in fight against antimicrobial resistance
• HIVMA chair argues new HHS division ‘defies fundamental medical ethic’
• Military vaccine for flu-like adenovirus could prevent civilian infections
• Mistaken rabies diagnosis could result from immune globulin effect
• New WHO data show high levels of antibiotic resistance worldwide
• Opioid substitute kratom linked to Salmonella outbreak
• ‘Pavlov’s mosquitoes’: Swatting has similar effect as insect repellent
• Raw milk loophole results in drug-resistant bacteria outbreak in Colorado
• Review finds high rates of drug-resistant gonorrhea in China
• Three deaths in Philippines linked to Dengvaxia vaccine
• USPSTF affirms that all pregnant women should be screened for syphilis
• VHA research agendas target multidrug-resistant organisms
• Should ID specialists treat opioid use disorder using medication-assisted therapy?
• Not using Descovy for HIV PrEP defies logic Stephen M. Smith, MD
• Approaching polio eradication: Endgame hiccups Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
• Zika virus: Down, but not out
• Guest Commentary: Updated guidelines for C. difficile infection may change clinical practice
• WHO updates latent TB guidelines
• Antibiotic mixing, cycling strategies fail to reduce resistance in ICUs
• Blue dye blocks malaria transmission
• CDI costs approach $25,000 per patient
• First novel Chagas disease treatment in 3 decades lacks efficacy
• Flu exposure may reduce vaccine effectiveness for some
• Flu vaccine may reduce risk for TB
• Genetic signature of congenital Zika syndrome found in discordant twins
• Halving HIV incidence in US requires ‘ambitious’ goals, researchers say
• HIV does not increase aging-related brain changes in patients on ART
• HIV risk network-based outreach more effective, less costly
• Low parasite density hints at comorbidity in children with malaria
• Most infection specialists do not advise shortest course of antibiotics
• MSM without HIV doubt ‘undetectable = untransmittable’
• Neurological symptoms do not specify Lyme disease
• One-fifth of high-risk U.S. women have M. genitalium
• Researchers pinpoint factors predicting FMT use for C. difficile
• Researchers recommend varenicline for smoking cessation in patients with HIV
• Short-term HIV treatment interruption feasible for cure research
• Valley fever outbreaks more widespread than previously thought
• E. histolytica: A formidable gastrointestinal infection Jeff Brock, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP; Lauren Bricker, PharmD