Infection Control News

Almost half of health care providers in the United States do not routinely test patients born outside the U.S. for tuberculosis, despite CDC recommendations that say they should, a survey found.

The CDC this week recommended hepatitis C testing for all infants or children who were perinatally exposed to the virus by a pregnant person with a current or probable HCV infection.

Antibiotic use among critically ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 declined between 2020 and 2022, researchers found.

BOSTON — A single dose of benzathine penicillin G is effective against early syphilis regardless of HIV status, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

Researchers completed the first ever human challenge trial for Zika virus, deliberately infecting volunteers to identify strains of the virus that can be safely used to test vaccines against the mosquito-borne pathogen.

Mounting evidence suggests that herpes simplex virus 1 may be associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to a systematic review of published studies.

Remdesivir use is associated with increased survival among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 requiring supplemental oxygen, researchers found.

Vibrio cases and deaths in Florida spiked last year after Hurricane Ian, lending credence to concerns that larger, longer, warmer tropical storms may increase the risk for viral infections, according to a study.

WASHINGTON — Black children were more than twice as likely to die of sepsis as white children at one Arkansas hospital, according to research presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

In 2015, the CMS introduced the Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Management Bundle, or SEP-1, as an all-or-nothing, pay-for-reporting measure.