Infectious Diseases
Conference Coverage
Negative nasal swabs reliably predicted no MRSA infection
SAN DIEGO – But physicians often prescribed vancomycin anyway, accumulating potentially avoidable treatment days.
Conference Coverage
VA study finds high MRSA infection risk among those colonized with the bacterium
SAN DIEGO – Patients colonized with MRSA are at high risk of MRSA infection both in the predischarge and postdischarge time periods, results from...
From the Journals
Synbiotic didn’t top placebo for gastrointestinal symptoms in HIV/AIDS
Symptom improvements may lead to “better adherence to the pharmacological treatment.”
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G. lamblia assemblage B more common in HIV-positive people
Giardia lamblia
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Targeted strategies better for birth cohort HCV testing
Primary care can generate follow-through with targeted testing.
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Missed opportunities abound to give HPV vaccine to adolescent girls
Chances were missed even in well-adolescent and vaccine-related visits.
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New antiviral combination for HCV infection in kidney disease
Glecaprevir and pibrentasvir exhibit potent antiviral activity across all six major HCV genotypes.
News
Nearly 80% of health care personnel stepped up for flu shots
Large Internet survey shows high rates of vaccination, as well as potential strategies to improve them further.
Conference Coverage
Ribaxamase reduced new CDI infection by 71%
Hospitalized patients who received the investigational oral agent ribaxamase had a 71% reduction in the development of new Clostridium difficile...
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Study supports routine rapid HCV testing for at-risk youth
Routine finger-stick testing was the most cost-effective way to screen urban adolescents and young adults for hepatitis C virus infection.
News from the FDA/CDC
To boost HCV testing in baby boomers, offer the option
Offer the test, and they’ll probably take it.