Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Progress on the horizon to implement ‘lifelong’ immunization registries
• Tenofovir-based PrEP reduced HSV-2 acquisition
• CDC: Infected food service workers responsible for most norovirus outbreaks
• ACIP postpones vote on yellow fever vaccine booster dose
• CDC offers interim guidance on polio vaccination for travel
• Pertussis cases reach epidemic proportions in California
• Chikungunya continues to spread in the US
• More research needed to determine risks of efavirenz treatment among children
• Wild poliovirus found in sewage in Brazil
• WHO: MERS situation improving
• IDSA publishes guidelines for diagnosis, treatment of SSTIs
• Target dates for measles elimination set in all world regions
• Technology improves HAI prevention Ashley Wheeler, MPH
• The diminishing value of vancomycin Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Larry M. Bush, MD, FACP
• FDA accepts new drug application for ceftolozane/tazobactam
• Baby boomers utilize most health care within HCV population
• Enhanced personal contact improved retention in HIV care
• Fatal case of Heartland virus described in Tennessee
• Socioeconomic status linked to Campylobacteriosis risk
• Teledermatology potentially feasible for patients with HIV in remote areas
• CDC: West Nile most common arboviral disease in 2013
• HIV transmission documented within hemodialysis unit in Saudi Arabia
• Most Lyme disease testing performed according to recommendations
• Next-generation sequencing identified rare cause of hydrocephalus
• HIV genotyping approach benefited ART-experienced patients
• Integrated HCV care model appeals to hard-to-reach patients
• European cases of heroin-associated anthrax may go undiagnosed
• Guidelines aim to prevent, reduce prevalence of MRSA
• UV disinfection reduced rate of hospital-acquired MDR organisms
• Poor patient safety, record keeping common violations in clinical trials
• Benefit of HCC screening uncertain for those with chronic liver disease
• Bivalent HPV vaccine efficacious against vulvar infection
• Hand hygiene compliance among HCWs, hospital visitors problematic in Greek hospitals
• High prevalence of T. vaginalis found in men and women
• IPD, pneumonia rates remain high among children with chronic conditions
• Levofloxacin does not increase children’s risk for musculoskeletal injuries
• Lineage B HPV-52 strain dominates in Asia, rare elsewhere
• 1 in 5 UK children presenting with persistent cough have pertussis
• MenC transmission appears unhindered by polysaccharide A/C vaccination
• MRSA prevalence varies widely across US
• Multidose treatment may be better for T. vaginalis in women on ART
• National infection control program reduced CRE prevalence
• Norovirus is underdiagnosed cause of pediatric gastroenteritis
• Nucleos(t)ide analog therapy reduced HCC risk in patients with chronic HBV
• Seizures, skin lesions common indicators of HSV in infants
• Single-dose oritavancin effectively treated bacterial skin infections, MRSA
• Syphilis increased risk for HIV in MSM
• Vertical transmission primary source of HCV infection in children
• A(H1N1) vaccination during pregnancy unrelated to increased fetal or birth outcomes
• Home health care poses infection risks
• HPyV9 infection frequent among kidney transplant patients
• HSCT from CMV-positive donors decreased survival in CMV-negative patients
• New agents associated with drug-induced aseptic meningitis
• Surgical site infections related to significant excess costs
• Culture confirms GAS in some with negative rapid test
• Guardianship an issue in HIV testing among older children
• Young MSM willing to disclose sexuality for free HPV vaccine
• Sepsis can reactivate dormant viruses
• FDA licenses Novartis facility to produce cell-based influenza vaccines
• FDA approves OTC antimicrobial gel
• NIH funds effort to reduce VAP
• Abundant fecal microbiota may enhance vaccine response
• ACIP recommends live attenuated influenza vaccine for healthy children
• Improved central line care reduced bloodstream infections
• Prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis for external ventricular drains and increased risk for CDI Jeff Brock, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP