Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ID specialists ponder universal HCV screening
• AASLD, IDSA update HCV guidance for resistance, new drug approvals
• ACIP recommends third MMR dose during mumps outbreaks
• As Madagascar plague outbreak loosens grip, concerns linger
• Benefit of CT scan ‘minimal’ in patients with suspected meningitis
• Durable change in antibiotic prescribing requires long-term interventions
• Early miscarriage potentially linked to influenza vaccination
• Ebola vaccines elicit yearlong immune response in Liberia trial
• Emergency preparedness improves in US following 9/11 terrorist attacks
• Ethanol lock therapy does not prevent treatment failure from CLABSIs
• FDA approves herpes zoster vaccine Shingrix
• Global partners seek 90% decrease in cholera deaths by 2030
• H1N1 may double risk for diabetes
• HIV care outcomes improve among MSM
• HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects Latinos, Hispanics, CDC says
• Iclaprim noninferior to vancomycin for acute bacterial skin infections
• IDSA updates infectious diarrhea guidelines for first time since 2001
• Influenza vaccination rates unchanged after ACIP withdraws LAIV recommendation
• Mother-to-infant HCV transmission risk on the rise in Wisconsin
• New single-dose RSV immunoprophylaxis safe, effective in preterm infants
• New York law improves HCV screening among baby boomers
• Outpatient endoscopy offers additional chance for HCV screening
• Patients with HIV who smoke at greater risk for lung cancer mortality
• Prepackaged salad containing bat carcass was unlikely source of rabies
• Q&A: Global eradication of rabies possible with vaccination
• Reported penicillin allergy increases SSI risk
• SAGE makes new recommendations to prevent typhoid fever, rabies
• Study questions effectiveness of EVS to monitor hospital room cleanliness
• Tdap vaccinations in pregnant women jump more than 50%
• WHO: Ending TB will take greater political commitment
• WHO: ‘Serious lack’ of antibiotics in development to address resistance
• WHO’s Tedros rescinds appointment of Mugabe as ‘goodwill ambassador’
• Should people at low risk for HCV infection be screened for the virus?
• MRSA ventilator-associated pneumonia: Myth or reality? Burke A. Cunha, MD, MACP
• Cholera: A disease with unending epidemics Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
• FDA clears Alere i rapid influenza test
• Decades later, still no vaccine or treatment for West Nile virus
• ‘Abandoned’ cefixime could be used in some gonorrhea cases
• Antibiotic use, C. difficile increase under electronic sepsis protocol
• ART in Africa bridges health gap between those with, without HIV
• Azithromycin, levofloxacin, rifaximin all effective for travelers' diarrhea
• Blood clot risk increases early after hemorrhagic fever onset
• Certified nursing assistants often fail to change gloves in long-term care facility
• CMV load a potential endpoint in transplant infection trials
• Corticosteroids shorten hospital stay for community-acquired pneumonia
• Dolutegravir monotherapy leads to resistance
• Ebola preparation requires significant time, financial investment
• Gonorrhea resistance to AZM reaches 5% threshold among Seattle MSM
• HIV quintuples risk for severe influenza
• Immunization program in Nepal reduces 78% of Japanese encephalitis cases
• Influenza antivirals underused in high-risk outpatients
• Influenza pandemics more likely to emerge in spring, summer
• Investigational acellular pertussis vaccine effective in adolescents, approved in Thailand
• Latent TB testing, treatment cost-effective for non-US born residents in most cases
• Mosquitoes become resistant to gene drive that suppresses fertility
• New, low-cost test detects E. coli in water
• New rabies treatment noninferior to standard PEP
• New rapid point-of-care test detects TB resistance
• Novel assay reduces time to antifungal therapy for candidemia
• Only 15 seconds for alcohol-based hand rubs safe, effective
• Procalcitonin-guided treatment cuts mortality risk in respiratory patients
• Rapid diagnostic testing may help tailor gonorrhea treatment
• Researchers discover new animal hosts for Chagas disease vectors
• Sexual contacts of patients with M. genitalium at high risk
• Short courses of antibiotics show similar outcomes as prolonged therapy
• Tetracyclines may reduce risk for C. difficile
• Women injecting drugs at higher risk for HCV than men
• Yellow fever virus found in semen of Brazilian patient
• Researchers propose limiting meat intake to keep antibiotics effective
• 2nd-grade hand hygiene experiment reduces school absenteeism by 71%
• ACIP recommends new shingles vaccine over Zostavax
• AMBER: Darunavir-based, single-tablet regimen suppresses HIV in treatment-naive patients
• Antibiotic ‘timeouts’ improve appropriateness of therapy, not number of prescriptions
• Antibiotics for dental procedures linked to C. difficile infection
• Automated UV-C device helps rid patient touchscreens of viruses
• Bictegravir with F/TAF noninferior to boosted PI regimens in HIV
• CAPSTONE-1: New antiviral superior to placebo at reducing influenza symptoms
• Drinking more water cuts UTI risk in half, sparing antibiotics
• HCV clearance lowers liver cancer risk by 70% no matter drug of choice
• Health care-associated infection risk decreases 22% in US hospitals
• High-dose influenza vaccine better for solid organ transplant recipients
• MDRO carriage ‘extensive’ in interconnected facilities
• MRSA recolonization linked to home contamination
• PrEP prescriptions increase 1,000% in NYC, national awareness lags
• Short sleeves reduce risk for pathogen transmission