ASM Microbe

SAN FRANCISCO — The number of influenza H3N2 variant virus infections in the United States has reached 302, officials from the CDC reported at the 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

An antibiotic management team at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Paris reduced the duration of carbapenems treatment in patients by controlling and auditing the daily prescription of the antibiotics, according to study results presented at the 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

SAN FRANCISCO — Proper compliance with a prophylactic regimen of valacyclovir may prevent spread of herpes gladiatorum among wrestlers participating in summer camps, according to findings presented here.

SAN FRANCISCO — Proper compliance with a prophylactic regimen of valacyclovir may prevent spread of herpes gladiatorum among wrestlers participating in summer camps, according to findings presented here.

SAN FRANCISCO — Among men who have sex with men, hepatitis E virus seroprevalence increased with age, especially among those with HIV, according to study results presented here at the 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

SAN FRANCISCO — Progression to virologic failure occurred in a minority of HIV patients up to a year after having low-level viremia, and in no patients with very low-level viremia, according to data presented at the 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers are closer to developing antibody therapy against Clostridium difficile. Sylvia Wong, a graduate student at the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research at the University of Toronto, and colleagues have developed human synthetic antibodies that could potentially inhibit the toxins produced by C. difficile.

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers observed that the overall prevalence of HPV in female adolescents aged 13 to 19 years appeared low. They also found that the proportion of vaccination was low among adolescents, including girls aged 13 to 15 years — an age group typically recommended for vaccination.

SAN FRANCISCO — Depression, suicide attempts, anxiety and sleep disturbances were common among HIV patients, according to findings presented here.

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers from France have reportedly identified the most significant risk factors for adenovirus infection in pediatric hematopoietic stem cells transplant patients, according to data presented here at the 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.