Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- AMA delegates meet to discuss health care reform Alan Tice, MD
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- Farewell editorial: A time for everything Theodore C. Eickhoff, MD
- H5N1: 800-lb gorilla or lightweight? Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
- The current state on industry support of organized meetings
- ACIP delays vote on hepatitis B virus vaccine for diabetes
- ACIP proposed updates to pertussis vaccination recommendations
- ACIP recommends adding booster dose to meningococcal vaccination
- Antibiotic-use, immunocompromised conditions increased risk for C. difficile in children
- Artesunate bested quinine in African children with severe malaria
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- Bivalent poliovirus vaccine induced more immunity than trivalent vaccine
- CDC calls for better screening efforts in US patients with HIV, TB
- CDC officials want physicians to ‘Get Smart’ about antibiotic use
- CDC: Vaccination rates in US adults low
- Clinicians must continue to stress importance of vaccines, herd immunity
- CMV retinitis, AIDS co-infection still a significant cause of morbidity, mortality
- Combination emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate provided partial protection against HIV in MSM
- FDA advisory committee outlines framework for PEP anthrax vaccine
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- FDA approves tesamorelin for treatment of lipodystrophy
- Few women finished HPV vaccine regimen
- FLVCR-like proteins may contribute to malaria control
- Increased prevalence, progression to osteoporosis observed in patients with HIV
- IOM report sets new dietary intake levels of calcium, vitamin D
- Measles eradication effort may be impacted by HIV
- Polio remains significant among worldwide infectious disease threats
- Resveratrol may decrease P. falciparum virulence
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- Vaccines committee supports HPV vaccine for prevention of anal cancer
- Varicella vaccination significantly lowered hospitalization rates during 2000-2006
- Cognitive impairment may be more likely in patients who survive sepsis
- E. coli outbreak in Connecticut attributed to raw milk
- Exercise linked to fewer, milder colds
- Influenza vaccination rates increased in pregnant women during 2009-2010 season
- Lower-income families with high deductible more likely to forgo medical procedures
- Multi-country surveillance needed to detect, control C. difficile in hospitals
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- P. aeruginosa identified in patients with cystic fibrosis
- Significant variations found in bloodstream infection surveillance methods
- Tat vaccine acts in synergy with HAART
- Tribendimidine appears as effective as praziquantel for treatment of O. viverrini in children