Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Interferon-free treatment for HCV may soon be a reality
• E. coli ST131 dominates health care–associated infections
• Genomics may help identify pathogens during outbreaks
• S. stercoralis documented from organ donor to recipients
• SARS 10 years later: Gaps in global capacity, 
coordination remain
• Vitamin D deficiency common, not linked to BMD, liver disease in HIV/HCV coinfection
• Antibiotic development lagging despite desperate need
• CDC: Dramatic increase in valley fever in southwestern US
• Antimicrobial resistance: Current challenges and priorities James M. Hughes, MD
• The new avian influenza in China: H7N9 Theodore C. Eickhoff, MD
• Now going ‘viral’: Novel coronavirus,
SFTS virus and avian influenza A(H7N9) Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
• WHO/UNICEF plan aims to end preventable child deaths
• Adolescent meningococcal vaccinate uptake remains lows
• Airport exit screenings more effective in assessing pandemic risk
• Advances in global surveillance helped during 2009 pH1N1
• Austerity in Greece linked to serious mental, physical health decline
• Fecal microbiota transplantation shows promise as C. difficile therapy
• HCV coinfection not predictive of kidney disease in liver transplant recipients with HIV
• Hepatitis testing conducted during colonoscopy appointments aided older patients
• Herpes zoster vaccine effective against zoster, postherpetic neuralgia
• HIV self-testing preferred over facility-based testing
• Intervention helped boost compliance with new CAP guidelines Lilliam Ambroggio
• Lyme disease prevalence increased in US, tied to climate change
• New strategies urged to control malaria
• Online medical professionalism statement targets social media use
• Paper standardizes definitions for pediatric TB
• Patient-to-patient transmission of M. abscessus common in cystic fibrosis
• Penatmidine prevented pneumocystosis among pediatric HSCT patients
• Prescriber, not patient characteristics influenced antibiotic duration
• Resistance outbreaks common across all bacterial species in ICU
• Respiratory virus coinfection associated with more complications
• Tenofovir/emtricitabine topped other regimens for patients coinfected with HIV, HBV
• Treatment timing tied to longer life expectancy in HIV patients
• Wild poliovirus cases decreased in 2011 and 2012
• Alternate HPV vaccine schedule for college students shows promise
• Required indication for antimicrobials Kimberly Boeser, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP; Kati Shihadeh, PharmD, BCIDP