Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Nearing the end: The final stages of polio eradication
• Our call to arms: HCV kills more than any other infectious disease Michael S. Saag, MD
• ACIP recommends that LAIV should not be used
• Acquisition, impact of HIV drug resistance differs in children, adults
• CDC now reporting Zika-affected pregnancy, birth outcomes
• CMS requires antimicrobial stewardship for US hopsitals
• Four countries eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV or syphilis
• Lawmakers urge FDA to end celibacy policy for gay, bisexual blood donors
• Outbreaks of Ebola, Zika highlight preparation shortfalls
• Researchers track Zika on ‘road trip’ through Brazil
• Top golfers Day, McIlroy among athletes skipping Olympics over Zika fears
• Use of genetically modified mosquitoes lacks support
• World Health Assembly establishes new health emergencies program
• World Health Assembly passes first initiative to end viral hepatitis by 2030
• Good news: Antimalarial drug resistance may come at a cost to the parasite Philip J. Rosenthal, MD
• MERS-CoV: Waiting for the other shoe to drop Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Marjorie P. Pollack, MD
• FDA seeks more data on safety, effectiveness of antiseptic rubs
• FDA advisory committee recommends bezlotoxumab for recurring C. difficile infection
• FDA approves cholera vaccine for travelers
• FDA approves Epclusa for all HCV genotypes
• FDA expands use of Tivicay for HIV-1 in children of lower weight
• Herpes zoster infection increases risk for stroke, TIA
• Access to detailed VAERS reports reduces vaccine acceptance
• Decreased malarial transmission leads to increased susceptibility among children
• Frequently undercooked chicken liver propagates Campylobacter infection in UK
• Google search trends effective for outbreak surveillance
• Persistent diarrhea requires proper assessment, diagnosis
• PrEP not cost-effective for people who inject drugs
• RSV most common pathogen associated with pneumonia in South African children
• Single dose of oral cholera vaccine less effective in younger children
• MERS outbreak in Saudi Arabia hospital linked to single patient
• Multiplex testing does not reduce antibiotic use among non-flu respiratory outpatients
• Duodenoscope surveillance uncovers processing challenges
• ACIP recommends meningitis ACWY vaccine for persons with HIV
• Alcohol-based hand hygiene confers no additional benefit after 30 seconds
• Antibiotic prescriptions increased in Belgium despite public campaign
• C. difficile patients diagnosed with PCR, NAATs more often receive prompt treatment
• CDC: Source of E. anophelis outbreak still unknown
• Contaminated gloves spread health care-associated pathogens across hospital surfaces
• Flint water improves, but pathogenic forms of Legionella persist
• Hawthorne effect limits accurate hand hygiene compliance rates
• HEPLISAV-B vaccine safe, effective against HBV in patients with type 2 diabetes
• Images triggering disgust improve hand hygiene compliance at hospital
• Implementation of UTI prevention policies varies across nursing homes
• Infection control may have stopped MERS spread in South Korea dialysis unit
• More data support efficacy of GEN-003 therapeutic vaccine for HSV-2
• More than 75% of ED patients who receive antibiotics are STD-negative
• PrEP initiation gains mostly seen in males, whites
• Relebactam safe, effective against imipenem-resistant cUTIs
• Researchers investigate PRO 140 as standalone therapy for HIV
• Solithromycin noninferior to moxifloxacin for CABP, circumvents macrolide resistance
• Yellow fever outbreak complicated by vaccine shortage Jeff Brock, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP