Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- Search intensifies for new, more effective C. difficile treatments
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- Fall from grace: Is US at risk of becoming second-tier country in vaccine introduction?
- Alliance seeks innovative solutions to reduce maternal-fetal mortality
- Although rare, Japanese encephalitis diagnosis should stay on radar
- Better specimen collection urged for herpes zoster detection in vaccinated children
- Chewable integrase inhibitor tablets helped control HIV-1 in pediatric patients
- Decreased cholera incidence in Haiti a natural course of epidemic
- Electronic faucets more likely to be contaminated with high levels of bacteria
- FDA approves herpes zoster vaccine for use in younger adults
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- Hand hygiene education led to reduction in flu, absenteeism
- Improperly treated wastewater could increase drug resistance
- Knowledge gaps remain; physicians still need information on influenza vaccine
- Norovirus outbreak on cruise ship shows need for increased prevention measures
- Once-daily dosing with ER nevirapine efficient, well-tolerated in pediatric patients
- Organizers reinvigorate global fight against TB
- Persistence of MenC antibody better when supported with Hib-MenC-TT booster dose
- Physicians should determine whether patients with respiratory illness play a woodwind or brass instrument
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- Provider prompts preferred choice to increase adolescent immunizations
- Resistance testing required in treatment-naive HIV patients in US, UK
- Routine testing of infants for human parechovirus may improve detection of sepsis-like illness
- STD screenings should be offered to all adolescents, regardless of reported sexual activity
- Suspension of pneumococcal, Hib vaccines continues in Japan
- Text messages helped to reach vulnerable population for flu vaccine reminders
- Physician insights of AIDS epidemic, early on, via film
- CMS issues proposed rule for ACOs
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- Reduced physician work hours did not adversely affect patient safety
- Survey: Many program directors concerned that duty-hour limits may impact quality of resident training
- Access to health care difficult for those with HIV
- Awareness of interim recommendations urged during vaccine shortages
- Boceprevir induced higher response rates in HCV genotype 1
- Booster dose of hepatitis A vaccine essential in immunocompromised patients
- CDC updates norovirus guidelines
- HAB vaccine remains effective a decade later
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- Health care professionals who return to work after influenza illness may still shed virus
- Hepatitis B vaccination urged in adults
- HPV infection high in men residing in Brazil, Mexico, US
- Infectious disease-related mortality continues to decline in children
- Jalapeno, serrano peppers linked to 2008 salmonella outbreak
- Precautionary measures controlled highly-resistant Gram-negative microorganism transmission
- Preventive antibiotics lowered risk for infection in ICUs with low antibiotic resistance
- S. aureus-related pneumonia increased in recent years
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- Sequential eradication therapy promising for H. pylori in children
- Tailored interventions needed to improve antibiotic use in VA hospitals