Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Infection prevention in hospitals: The importance of hand hygiene
• Herpes zoster increased stroke risk
• WHO: Polio eliminated from Southeast Asia
• CDC: Six cases of Heartland virus identified in 2012-2013
• Action plan to combat hepatitis renewed by federal health officials
• CDC: No time for complacency as HAI rates decrease
• HCV treatment adherence improved with shorter therapies
• ILI highest among real estate, food service employees
• Pregnancy may increase risk for H. influenzae infection
• WHO: Severe Ebola outbreak in West Africa expected to continue
• Restrictive red blood cell transfusion regimen lowered risk for HAI
• Faulty food handling led to Salmonella outbreak at two prisons
• President's proposed budget falls short in commitment to ending AIDS
• Cutaneous manifestations of HIV Jeffrey Weinberg, MD
• Understanding the current status of avian influenza 2014 Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
• Mobile teledermatology shows potential for HIV patients
• Antibiotic-related mortality influenced by underlying conditions
• Region-specific disease exposure should guide prevention among travelers to Africa
• Most raw chicken in hospitals contained ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae
• Protocol-based approach to sepsis failed to improve outcomes
• Vietnam era vets may not be at higher risk for HCV than nonvets
• AAP updates off-label drug-use policy
• Rate of ESBL-producing bacteria on the rise
• Autoreactive antibody neutralized HIV-1 infection in patient with lupus
• Bacteremia associated with increased blood creatinine levels
• Certain risk factors associated with pediatric influenza hospitalization
• Discrepancies found between trial results in journals, public registry
• Early antiviral therapy failed to improve SVR in HCV patients after liver transplantation
• Experts release updated recommendations for treatment of skin abscesses
• Full influenza vaccination greatly reduced ICU admission in children
• HCV core protein impacted mixed cryoglobulinemia patients based on genotype
• HIV, hepatitis B virus coinfection increased hepatitis D incidence
• Inactivated H5N1 vaccine unmasked immunity in prior recipients of LAIV
• Increased baby boomer HCV prevalence spurs focus on detection, treatment
• Infusion of modified T cells creates resistance to HIV
• Liver disease persists in HIV/HCV coinfected patients despite ART
• Lopinavir-ritonavir ART accelerated suppression of EBV among infants with HIV
• NAP1 strain of C. difficile predicted severe disease, outcome
• New rotavirus vaccine showed promising results in India
• Patients with BSIs at community hospitals often receive inappropriate antibiotics
• Penicillin allergy label increased hospital stays, antibiotic resistant infections
• Pertussis vaccination decreased severe illness, illness duration
• Region-specific disease exposure should guide prevention among travelers to Africa
• Research may lead to new therapeutics against HIV-1
• Ribavirin effectively treated transplant patients with HEV
• RSV, hMPV, parainfluenza virus likely causes of acute respiratory illness
• RSV, rhinovirus coinfection increased bronchiolitis relapse risk
• Supplementation with L. reuteri decreased episodes, duration of diarrhea, respiratory tract infections
• TB incidence declines in US, foreign-born carry highest burden
• TB prevalence in China down by half in 20 years
• Treatment for Epstein-Barr virus should be tailored at diagnosis
• Hygiene-based approach failed to reduce SSTI rates in military trainees
• Severe sepsis mortality rates decreased in Australia, New Zealand
• Extragenital chlamydia, gonorrhea common in MSM, but often missed
• Flu, not cold days, tied to excess wintertime deaths in UK
• Sleep apnea increased risk for pneumonia
• Drugmaker: Simeprevir showed better safety profile than telaprevir in HCV patients
• Investigational TB vaccine to be tested
• Low HPV transmission risk associated with genital wart removal
• Elevated lipids increased risk for acute MI in HCV viremic patients
• Investigational combination shows activity comparable to standard TB treatment
• Sexual transmission risk low if HIV-positive partner is on ART, virally suppressed
• PHOTON-1: Interferon-free regimen shows promise in HIV patients with HCV genotype 2
• Rifapentine, moxifloxacin active as part of shorter TB regimen
• Second infant reportedly cleared of HIV after early ART
• Simeprevir, interferon and ribavirin regimen shows promise in HCV/HIV coinfected patients
• Three NNRTI-sparing regimens equally effective as first-line HIV treatment
• Timely testing essential to treat bacterial skin, subcutaneous infections
• Use of expedited partner therapy limited by feelings of discomfort, liability
• Anal dysplasia, HPV incidence high among women with HIV
• Drug allergies in patients with HIV: What’s a doc to do? Kati Shihadeh, PharmD, BCIDP; Rebecca Seymour, PharmD