Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• The ‘broken’ antimicrobial market: A ‘looming cloud’ over medicine
• CDC expects to publish new MDRO estimates in 2019
• FDA warns of ‘higher-than-expected’ contamination rates after duodenoscope reprocessing
• New flu guidelines emphasize testing, treatment of high-risk patients
• S. aureus found in abundance on ICU stethoscopes
• Survey: Most adults unaware of flu risks from chronic health conditions
• Should new antibiotics be taken out of the hospital DRG system?
• #BeASteward: IDSA develops antimicrobial stewardship curriculum for ID fellows Vera Luther, MD; Rachel Shnekendorf, MPH; Sonali Advani, MBBS MPH
• Lassa fever: How it all started Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Thomas M Yuill, PhD
• Ebola outbreak in DRC ‘not even close’ to being controlled
• Hooked on ID with Paul A. Volberding, MD Paul A. Volberding, MD
• 2-dose regimen of dalbavancin effectively treats osteomyelitis
• 53% of state immunization bills propose to increase access to exemptions
• Additional dose of measles vaccine unnecessary in patients with HIV
• Diagnostic stewardship reduces C. difficile testing, saves money
• Each day of antibiotic exposure increases risk for resistance
• ‘Expected practice’ intervention reduces antibiotic prescriptions
• Experts ‘concerned’ about spread of Asian longhorned tick in US
• Meningococcal B vaccine Bexsero may protect against gonorrhea
• Patients with cancer have 40% higher risk for shingles
• Ultrasensitive diagnostic test for asymptomatic malaria outperforms other rapid tests
• Not all 3GCs are created equal: Oral antibiotic selection in pediatric pneumococcal infections Leah Molloy, PharmD