Infectious Disease News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ACIP recommends adding booster dose to inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine
• ACIP updates pertussis vaccination recommendations
• CDC recommends traditional vs. reverse sequence screening for syphilis
• Ceftaroline fosamil: A new FDA-approved anti-MRSA cephalosporin antibiotic Kimberly Boeser, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP; Corey J. Leinum, PharmD
• Collaboration needed to quell dengue spread
• Hospitalizations, deaths keep declining after rotavirus vaccine introduction
• Incidence of acute hepatitis B higher among adults with diabetes
• New test effectively identified women at high-risk for HPV types 16, 18
• Number of infectious disease specialists declining
• Social networks influence spread of H1N1
• Blood donations go through five layers of safety
• FDA requests investment in foodborne illness prevention, product safety measures
• HHS updates national vaccine plan
• Judge upholds constitutionality of health care law
• Obama proposes 2-year postponement for Medicare cuts
• Public health institutions play significant role in drug development, but funding could be in danger
• Changes in influenza’s genome pairs may predict evolution of flu virus
• Drug-resistant M. tuberculosis more likely in foreign-born patients with TBM
• Free emergency birth control associated with increased STIs
• H1N1 vaccine safe, not associated with Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• HIV, HCV infection incidence declined in injection drug users
• Improvements in HIV, syphilis prevention measures needed in young, black MSM
• Infants who are exposed to HIV at birth but not infected may have lower antibodies to other diseases
• Infection control measures prevented nosocomial transmission of norovirus
• Initiative to reduce health care-associated infections resulted in decreased mortality
• Intervention program reduced HIV-associated risk factors in Kenyan schools
• No differences in MRSA contamination with long vs. short-sleeved uniforms
• Norovirus most common cause of foodborne illness
• Older H5N1 vaccine may prime for antibody response to newer vaccine
• Previous patient with C. difficile increased risk for infection in new patient in ICU
• Quadruple therapy appears effective for eliminating H. pylori
• Rates of HIV infection in US remain highest among blacks
• Reduced risk for recurrence of C. difficile found with fidaxomicin
• Single-dose therapy for herpes somewhat effective when administered early
• Statin may affect markers associated with HIV progression
• Two TB outbreaks identified in British Columbia
• Unsafe glucose monitoring practices led to HBV outbreak in assisted-living facility
• ART/PrEP combo lowered HIV incidence, increased drug resistance
• Community viral load may track HIV/AIDS epidemic, lead to targeted interventions
• Down-referral strategy for ART led to lower costs, better outcomes in South Africa
• Emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate combo durable, safe in MSM
• HAART highly effective, but better therapies still needed
• HIV oral self-test accurate, preferred testing method in Malawi
• Immediate ART decreased progression to AIDS, mortality in patients coinfected with HIV, TB
• Local strategy significantly decreased viral load, newly diagnosed HIV in San Francisco
• Male circumcision decreased risk for HIV, no risk compensation observed in Uganda
• No differences in 3-year outcomes after ART monitored by CD4 count vs. viral load
• Rapid HIV testing algorithm increased linkage to care
• Timing of ART initiation key in HIV/TB coinfection