Infectious Diseases
Conference Coverage
Tap patients with suspected HIV neurosyphilis regardless of symptoms
SEATTLE – A prospective study finds that neurologic symptoms should not be relied on to indicate neurosyphilis in HIV patients.
From the Journals
Daptomycin safe, effective for pediatric cSSSI treatment
There is an alternative to standard of care treatment for pediatric complicated skin and structure infections.
News from the FDA/CDC
Flu activity levels high in 23 states
Main nationwide influenza activity measure reaches it highest point since the end of 2014.
Clinical Review
First EDition: A-Fib Management Pathway in the ED, more
News from the FDA/CDC
Flu activity up slightly, but still down from seasonal peak
After rising to a high point for the season in the last week of 2016, influenza activity dropped a bit in the first week of the new year but then...
From the Journals
SOFA score may be best to identify sepsis in the ICU
Among critically ill patients admitted to the ICU with a suspected infection, defining sepsis by an increase of two or more points in the...
From the Journals
Understanding SSTI admission, treatment crucial to reducing disease burden
A new study aims to shed more light on how patients with skin and soft tissue infections are admitted and treated.
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Cutaneous eruption reported in pregnant woman with locally acquired Zika virus
Zika presented in a young, pregnant Florida woman as erythematous follicular macules and papules on the trunk and arms, scattered tender pink...
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Lab values poor surrogate for detecting pediatric Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children
All fatalities observed in a single tertiary-site retrospective analysis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children were associated with either a...
From the Journals
Guidelines for diagnosing TB in adults, children
A Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosing pulmonary, extrapulmonary, and latent tuberculosis in adults and children has been released jointly...
Article
Enterovirus D68 – An emerging threat to child health
Dr. Stephen I. Pelton discusses the emerging threat of enterovirus D68.