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FDA approves cefiderocol for multidrug-resistant, complicated urinary tract infections
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- Mark S. Lesney
The approval is for patients with limited or no alternative treatment options and includes a warning of Fetroja’s higher all-cause mortality rate...
News
Caring for the carotids a focus of VEITHsymposium
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- Mark S. Lesney
Every day at the VEITHSymposium will feature sessions on carotid disease.
News
Assessing and treating lower extremity arterial disease
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- Mark S. Lesney
Lower extremity arterial disease diagnosis and treatment takes pride of place in multiple sessions on each day...
News

CDC releases update of 2013 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report
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- Mark S. Lesney
The report includes the hopeful news that there were 42 new antibiotics in development as of June 2019.
News

HCV testing/awareness successful as part of HIV integrated care
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- Mark S. Lesney
HCV testing should be combined with HIV integrated care services among people who inject drugs.
News

Rare mixed HCV genotypes found in men who have sex with men
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- Mark S. Lesney
Ultradeep sequencing found mixed HCV genotypes in a small percentage of newly infected HIV+ and HIV– men who...
News

CDC: Don’t vape, especially THC
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- Mark S. Lesney
The cause of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung injury (EVALI) is unknown, but a Utah study...
News

Guidelines updated for treating community-acquired pneumonia
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- Mark S. Lesney
The new guidelines update those from 2007 and include recommended changes in antibiotic treatment and the...
News

Survey: Most physicians who treat STIs in their offices lack key injectable drugs
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- Mark S. Lesney
The majority of physicians surveyed who treat STIs in their offices reported an on-site lack of the two primary injectable drugs for syphilis and...
Opinion

ID Blog: The story of syphilis, part III
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- Mark S. Lesney
The desperate efforts to cure syphilis throughout history led to centuries of torturous treatment for countless...
News

California bans “Pay for Delay,” promotes black maternal health, PrEP access
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- Mark S. Lesney
Two laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom addressed black maternal health and made PrEP available without a prescription.
News

HCV+ kidney transplants: Similar outcomes to HCV- regardless of recipient serostatus
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- Mark S. Lesney
During the first quarter of 2019, 74% of HCV-viremic kidneys were transplanted into seronegative recipients....
Opinion

IDWeek examined hot topics in the clinical treatment of infectious diseases
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- Mark S. Lesney
WASHINGTON – Identifying diseases using cell-free microbial DNA from plasma and...
News

FDA approves Descovy as HIV PrEP for men and transgender women who have sex with men
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- Mark S. Lesney
The new drug combo provides an alternative to Truvada for PrEP for the defined populations.
News

Allergy immunotherapy may modify asthma severity progression
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- Mark S. Lesney
A grass-based allergy immunotherapy was associated with a significantly decreased likelihood of asthma...