Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- DAAs change treatment landscape for children with HCV
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- Should all pregnant women in the US be screened for hepatitis C?
- Antibiotic dogma, dictums and myths: Do we still hold these ‘truths’ to be self-evident? Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Larry M. Bush, MD, FACP
- Measles causes ‘immune amnesia,’ leaving patients vulnerable to repeat infections
- Hooked on ID with C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH
- Vector-borne illness of stealth: The current state of Lyme disease diagnostics, treatment and research Kati Shihadeh, PharmD, BCIDP; Bailey N. Kernan, PharmD
- 10% of patients with candidemia have history of injection drug use
- 85% hepatitis B vaccine coverage for infants: ‘It takes a lot to get there’
- An ‘unusual’ start to flu season: Influenza B predominates early
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- ART-related weight gain ‘ubiquitous’ and ‘reflective of our society’
- Bad grades for antibiotic use in beef show ‘drastic changes’ still needed in US restaurants
- C. auris: ‘A ticking time bomb’ in need of new treatment options
- CDC: Antibiotic resistance causes 1 death every 15 minutes in US
- Children ‘particularly vulnerable’ to health threats from climate change
- Clofazimine-containing regimen effectively treats rapidly growing mycobacteria infections
- Contaminated ice used for BAL causes pseudo-outbreak of M. mucogenicum
- Crowd-sourced STD diagnoses on Reddit likely to be ‘wildly inaccurate’
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- Dengue cases plummet in Wolbachia-treated areas of several countries
- Dissemination and implementation science underutilized in ID
- Early ID consultation reduces risk for death in patients with sepsis
- Ebola RNA persists for months in breast milk, semen of survivors
- EMR hard stop reduces repeat C. difficile testing
- Entasis enrolls first patient in phase 3 trial of gonorrhea treatment
- FDA approves Fetroja for treatment of complicated UTIs
- FDA approves Fluzone for older adults
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- FDA approves Talicia for H. pylori infection in adults
- Hair study strengthens link between food insecurity, ART nonadherence
- Kids receiving liver transplants immunized at lower rate than general public
- ‘Missed opportunities’: Study finds low rate of STD testing among HIV-positive MSM in US
- More financial, institutional support needed for safe OPAT care
- Neovaginal chlamydia documented for first time in transgender women
- New group A strep strain may pose global scarlet fever threat
- ‘Not over the finish line’: Ebola vaccine development remains important
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- Private patient rooms may reduce rates of some infections
- Prophylactic antibiotics decrease ventilator-associated pneumonia risk after cardiac arrest
- Q&A: Illicit fentanyl use raises risk for infection in injection drug users
- Q&A: More vaccine-preventable diseases lead to more pro-vaccine bills
- Q&A: The need to refocus STI research
- Range of Aedes mosquitoes in US ‘uncertain’
- Rapid triage test distinguishes between active TB and TB-like diseases in adults
- Religious vaccine exemptions increasing in US
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- ‘Shorter is better, just enough is best’ for antibiotic therapy in kids
- Site assessment score reduces central venous catheter complications
- SSTI incidence plateaus overall in US, declines in children
- Stress-related diagnosis may increase risk for severe infections
- Takeda’s tetravalent dengue vaccine candidate effective in children
- US government sues Gilead over patent for HIV PrEP
- Variation in antibiotic prescribing at urgent care centers is ‘intense’
- After death of FMT recipient, a warning about screening
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