Infection Control News

BOSTON — The Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation named Edsel Salvana, MD, DTM&H, FDCP, FIDSA, its sixth IDea Incubator Innovator of the year at IDWeek for portable HIV drug resistance testing.

Antibiotic stewardship efforts are likely responsible for a substantial decline in antibiotic use in neonatal ICUs, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

BOSTON — Aztreonam-avibactam was shown to be effective in the treatment of hospitalized adults who were critically ill with multidrug-resistant, gram-negative bacterial infections, according to the results of the phase 3 REVISIT trial.

BOSTON — GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine had a sustained effectiveness of around 67% among adults aged 60 years or older across two full RSV seasons, researchers reported at IDWeek.

BOSTON — During the Edward H. Kass Lecture at IDWeek, Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FASTMH, addressed the crowd about infections, inequalities and the hope that everyone can contribute to improving health for all.

COVID-19 vaccination was associated with a reduced likelihood of long COVID among children infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the omicron wave, according to study findings presented at IDWeek.

PCR testing of dried blood spots demonstrated a high sensitivity to identify infants with congenital cytomegalovirus in a study conducted in Minnesota, the first state to mandate congenital CMV testing, researchers reported at IDWeek.

BOSTON — In this video from IDWeek, Annie Luetkemeyer, MD, discusses the CDC’s pending recommendations for prescribing doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections.

BOSTON — Mechanically ventilated patients in long-term care facilities are far more likely to be colonized by Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris than those in acute-care facilities, a study found.

Hospitalized patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children — or MIS-C —are far more likely to experience shock than those hospitalized with Kawasaki disease, according to a study.