Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Limited options left to treat N. gonorrhoeae
• Data reveal potential diagnostic hallmark of HPeV3
• Early ART may lower frailty risk in those with HIV
• Gains persist in vaccination coverage of Alaska Natives, American Indians
• Hospitals treating Medicaid patients face additional cuts under Affordable Care Act
• IDSA releases new guidelines for PJI treatment in joint arthroplasty patients
• Incivek label updated to reflect risk for potentially fatal skin reactions
• Most patients receptive to fecal microbiota transplant for C. difficile
• Second-hand smoke increased risk for meningococcal disease
• Smoking cessation not linked with postoperative complications
• Tenofovir effectively treated adolescents with chronic HBV
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• FDA approves Sirturo for pulmonary TB
• HIV physicians call for more affordable therapies
• IDSA urges USPSTF to reconsider HCV testing recommendation
• Diseases we term as ‘emerging’ have likely been around for years Joseph B. McCormick, MD
• Global life expectancy increased nearly 20% since 1990, despite setbacks
• Adverse events increased among children treated with TMP-SMX for SSTI
• Boceprevir added to peginterferon/ribavirin increased SVR rates in chronic HCV patients
• Chronic HCV linked to vitamin A deficiency, nonresponse to antiviral therapy
• Community-based plus clinical care improved retention for HIV patients in Rwanda
• Delaying valvular surgery showed no benefit in infective endocarditis
• HAIs linked to resistant organisms mostly unchanged in 2 years
• Hormonal contraceptives use linked to nasal S. aureus carriage
• HPV reactivation risk may increase in older women
• Hydrogen peroxide vapor reduced risk of acquiring MDROs in hospital
• Immunization prevented varicella hospitalizations in Australia
• Interactive physician alerts improved patient CD4 counts
• Most patients receptive to fecal microbiota transplant for C. difficile
• National vaccination program reduced HPV prevalence among women
• NDM-1 K. pneumoniae identified in 9 patients in Toronto hospital
• Norovirus may linger on dishes, utensils in restaurants
• Adult males focus of Kenya’s voluntary circumcision program
• Preliminary results of ongoing multistate meningitis outbreak released
• Protease inhibitors improved sustained virologic response rate in HCV
• Resistance to injectable second-line drugs in TB related to age, HIV status
• RSV, adenovirus most common viral coinfections among young children
• RSV, metapneumovirus, influenza common causes of AOM
• SVR related to lower all cause mortality in HCV
• Trained dog detected C. difficile in patients, stool samples
• VDRL test not recommended in primary syphilis/HIV coinfection
• Vertical HCV transmission continues due to ineffective intervention
• Symposium addresses difficult-to-treat HCV cases, drug-drug interactions
• Trouble spots remain in goal toward poliovirus elimination
• Youth with HIV at increased risk for atherosclerosis