Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Transplant ID: An emerging subspecialty
• 1 in 5 patients with gonorrhea gets wrong treatment
• Air pollution kills 7 million people each year, many from pneumonia
• ART regimens containing tenofovir appear not to increase birth risks
• Congo faces 9th Ebola outbreak with new tools, including vaccine
• ECDC releases guidance to address XDR gonorrhea threat
• Hotel pools cause many swimming-related disease outbreaks
• Journal retracts controversial paper questioning safety of HPV vaccine
• Methamphetamine use may accelerate HIV progression
• New Canadian guideline expands HCV screening to baby boomers
• Probiotics may be ‘viable strategy’ for CDI prevention
• Reports reveal misconceptions about STIs among patients, clinicians
• Researchers question value of screening blood supply for Zika
• Silver-plated dressings significantly reduce CLABSI rates
• Study participants, investigators commended for advancing HIV vaccine research
• ‘Ultrasensitive’ C. difficile assay outperforms current testing options
• Is it acceptable to intentionally expose a transplant recipient to infection?
• I owe Ted Eickhoff a debt I can never repay James H. Brien, DO
• Finally, new drugs for bad bugs: What’s available and what’s in the pipeline Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH; Owen Albin, MD; Twisha S. Patel, PharmD, BCPS
• Many health departments unprepared for sharp rise in vector-borne diseases
• Automated surveillance for VAEs more accurate, curtails human error
• Community-based programs may lower odds of helminth infection
• Did bacterial meningitis cause Helen Keller’s deafblindness?
• Fungal vaccine reduces episodes of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis
• HPV vaccine follow-through rates decline sharply
• Ibuprofen alone not recommended for uncomplicated UTIs
• Invasive aspergillosis, although rare, increases hospital mortality, readmission rates
• ‘Lab on a chip’ platform detects disease antibodies in minutes
• Model predicts new H3N2 flu vaccine component will be just as ineffective
• Oldest evidence of HBV found in 4,500-year-old human remains
• PCPs often prescribe PrEP before ordering HIV testing
• Procalcitonin-based guidance fails to significantly reduce antibiotic use
• Researchers engineer shrub to produce more artemisinin
• Data do not support piperacillin-tazobactam for drug-resistant BSIs
• Iclaprim safe, potentially cost-effective for ABSSSIs
• Large C. auris outbreak in UK ICU linked to thermometers
• Mold exposure prevention key after natural disaster
• Probiotic supplement reduces antibiotic resistance genes in infants
• Unnecessary antibiotic use in patients with asthma may increase hospital stay, cost
• West Nile virus re-emerges in Greece
• Approaches to C. difficile prevention: Where are we now? Kimberly Boeser, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP; Erin Weslander, PharmD; Ashley Cubillos, PharmD, BCPS