Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Rising threat of resistance highlights need for antimicrobial stewardship
• The role of rapid diagnostics in antimicrobial stewardship James Cottam, PhD
• HCV tested in space
• Geisinger researcher nominated for federal award for work in chronic hepatitis
• CDC: First Ebola case diagnosed in United States
• NIAID awards grant for hospital-acquired infection vaccine research
• Obama unveils strategy to combat antibiotic resistance
• Researchers urge studies on chronic diseases among HIV patients in developing world
• Scientists develop hand-held DNA sequencer for infectious diseases
• SLACK Incorporated to launch Healio Gastroenterology, a unique web-first print news magazine
• St. Louis University to test sofosbuvir/ribavirin in pediatric HCV cases
• IDSA calls on Congress to intensify fight against antimicrobial resistance
• NIH, FDA win award for meningitis vaccine licensing deal
• Monoclonal antibody granted fast track designation for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia
• FDA allows marketing of first test for yeast pathogens
• FDA competition offers $500,000 for new ideas in Salmonella detection
• Azole-resistant A. fumigatus yet to emerge in US
• Two US cases of PADH reported after artesunate therapy
• Intimacy a strong motivator to adopting PrEP
• Antibiotics during infancy may lead to early childhood obesity
• Enriched enteral nutrition did not reduce infections for mechanical ventilation patients
• ION-2: High rates of response to sofosbuvir/ledipasvir
• No difference in pregnancy outcomes found among women on PrEP
• Acute HIV infection may help control chronic HBV
• Adherence to first-line ART predictive of second-line ART adherence
• Adolescents, young adults with sickle cell disease have higher rates of chlamydia
• Age-associated comorbidities more prevalent among people with HIV
• ART monotherapy does not affect neurocognitive performance
• Automated urine cytometry, point-of-care dipstick tests perform well
• CDC publishes ACIP recommendations for 2014-2015 seasonal influenza vaccines
• Enterovirus D68 identified in Midwest respiratory illness outbreak
• Half of patients with HIV not screened regularly for HCV
• Handling, sale of diseased cow carcasses led to 2010 anthrax outbreak in Bhutan
• HIV may lower risk for MS
• In California, rate of diagnosed congenital toxoplasmosis low
• Influenza A virus transmitted from swine to humans at 2012 agricultural fairs
• Intervention reduced postoperative pneumonia rates in VA surgical ward
• MERS fatality rates highest among men
• Missed clinic visits predictor of mortality in HIV
• Molecular tests accurately diagnosed GAS pharyngitis
• National HPV vaccination shows promise in Australia
• No benefit seen with IV peramivir in hospitalized patients with influenza
• Parental, adolescent knowledge of HPV unrelated to vaccination status
• Peer advisory-based antiretroviral salvage regimens effective in resistant HIV
• Pertussis vaccination rates unchanged after epidemic
• Point-of-care CD4 testing cost-effective in resource-limited countries
• Preventive surgical site infection bundle reduced colorectal surgery-related infections
• Prompt recognition, treatment needed for transplant-transmitted encephalitis
• Rate of prescribed antibiotics increased, remains stable
• Rotavirus vaccine in children may offer household protection
• Study on link between MMR vaccine and autism redacted from publication
• Rapid response, inspector experience critical in E. coli outbreaks in UK
• Amblyomma aureolatum ticks transmit disease faster than previously thought
• HEV antibody prevalence decreased since 1988
• Region-specific surveillance may be best for influenza A(H5N1)
• After long-term ART, HIV mortality in S. Africa, N. America comparable
• HCV antibody decline associated with RNA clearance in MSM with HIV
• Genetic changes identified in second wave of H7N9 epidemic in China
• Sofosbuvir/ledipasvir expected to gain market share
• Early targeted antibiotics improved outcomes in S. aureus bloodstream infections
• Antimicrobial dosing adjusted for weight led to cost savings
• C. difficile infection increased mortality, health care costs in patients with cirrhosis
• CC8-300 most common colonizing MRSA strain in patients, controls
• Clinical outcomes did not differ between children with, without C. difficile
• Coinfection less likely among children with pneumonia serotypes
• Depression increased risk for developing sternal wound infection
• Diabetic foot infection incidence decreased by half over 15 years
• Early response to oritavancin predicted cure of bacterial skin infections
• Guidance needed to improve utility of procalcitonin tests
• HCV screenings at teaching clinic failed to meet CDC recommendation
• High prevalence of HCV detected among hemophilic patients in Iran
• Isavuconazole noninferior for invasive mold disease in hematologic malignancies
• MALDI-TOF identification demonstrated direct clinical result
• Nasopharyngeal cultures had low predicative value for epidemiology of AOM
• Neurocysticercosis responsible for significant disease in urban setting
• PEARL-II, III: High SVR rates met in HCV genotype 1b patients
• Peramivir safe, effective in treating influenza symptoms
• REMoxTB: Moxifloxacin safe, active, but failed to shorten TB treatment
• Resistance to key antimicrobials declining in Canada
• Respiratory viral panel did not affect antibiotic duration, length of hospital stay
• SAPPHIRE-I, II: Treatment sustained despite hyperbilirubinemia in some HCV patients
• Sulfonamides most frequently prescribed to children prior to onset of C. difficile infection