Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• A new ‘dimension’ to infectious disease: Climate change
• AbbVie submits NDA for investigational regimen for all HCV genotypes
• Ebola vaccine 100% effective in major trial
• French GPs show vaccine hesitancy, discrepancy in recommendations
• Genetic methods cannot yet confirm antimicrobial susceptibility
• HIV experts gather to update public on cure research
• HIV over 3 decades: From fatal disease to chronic condition
• ID fellowship match results improve following implementation of ‘All-In Policy’
• ID organizations hold workshop to advance antibiotic stewardship research
• Removing heater-cooler devices from OR could limit M. chimaera infections
• Malaria control improves in vulnerable populations; more progress needed
• Merck wins $2.54 billion in HCV drug patent infringement suit against Gilead
• New guide helps primary care physicians discuss STDs with patients
• New estimates show higher rates of Zika-related brain abnormalities in infants
• Obama signs 21st Century Cures Act
• Supervised injection for PWID potentially cost-effective
• Two-drug HIV treatment regimen meets primary endpoint in two phase 3 trials
• WHO prequalifies rapid HCV test
• More investment needed to address ID threats related to climate change
• New HCV study underscores risk for human suffering, need for clinician vigilance Carol L. Brosgart, MD
• FDA requires more safety data for approval of solithromycin for CABP
• Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to C. difficile infection
• Influenza vaccination rates during pregnancy fall short of ACIP goals
• Post-prescription review associated with fewer days of antibiotic therapy
• Antibiotic stewardship needed at transition of care
• Antimicrobial stewardship oversights impact cost-effectiveness
• Antivirals address threat to polio eradication
• Cepheid Xpert Ebola assay accurately detects virus in semen
• Depression prevalence among medical students 'concerning'
• Fecal transplantation not superior to vancomycin for recurrent C. difficile
• Holidays reduce influenza transmission, delay trajectory of seasonal epidemics
• Hospital ward design influences nosocomial infection rates
• ID consults improve management of cryptococcosis in patients without HIV
• Infant abduction prevention devices cause skin infections
• Listerine mouthwash reduces N. gonorrhoeae in mouths of MSM
• Migrant crisis in Europe compounded by MDR-TB
• Monthly dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine effective for intermittent malaria prevention
• Mosquito population growth in US driven by decay of DDT, urbanization
• Mother-to-child HIV transmission rates continue to decrease in UK
• Multiple HIV care models effective for disease management
• New method developed for monitoring fitness of antiviral-resistant influenza strains
• Patients who fail modern HIV regimens show high prevalence of older mutations
• Person-to-person MDR-TB transmission drives epidemic in China
• PPI use independently associated with rectal carriage of ESBL-E
• Pubic hair grooming associated with increased risk for STIs
• Researchers identify risk factors for RSV disease in preterm infants
• Researchers link hospital-acquired CDIs to defective cleaning solution
• S. aureus transmission from health care workers rare
• Study reveals low handwashing rates in child care
• Three-host protein-based assay can distinguish bacterial, viral infections in young children
• Updated IDSA, CDC guidelines recommend newer tests for TB
• USPSTF recommends against routine serologic screening for genital herpes
• Vaccination rates vary by age, race, income in adults with diabetes
• HCV treatments valued under $100 per patient
• Influenza vaccination reduces risk for hospitalization among dialysis patients
• Preventing and responding to college campus outbreaks Leah Molloy, PharmD