Infectious Diseases (all articles)
The World Health Organization standards for tuberculosis care and management
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:51h | UTC#WorldTBDay (March 24, 2018) – The World Health Organization standards for tuberculosis care and management – European Respiratory Journal (free)
Original Guideline: Compendium of WHO guidelines and associated standards: ensuring optimum delivery of the cascade of care for patients with tuberculosis (free PDF)
“My dream of placing all recent and still valid older WHO TB guidelines into a short compendium, to facilitate life of users, is now accomplished. With this booklet, one can access immediately all WHO standards of TB care”. (via @M_Raviglione see Tweet)
World TB Day, 24 March 2018 – World Health Organization
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:50h | UTC#WorldTBDay (March 24, 2018) – World TB Day, 24 March 2018 – World Health Organization (free resources)
See also: WHO key publications on tuberculosis
Vaccine waning and mumps re-emergence
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:44h | UTCVaccine waning and mumps re-emergence in the United States – Science Translational Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Mumps resurgence likely due to waning vaccine-derived immunity – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND Mumps Vaccine Effectiveness Declines Over Time. But There’s A Solution – Forbes (free) AND Mumps Vaccine Protection Wanes Over Time, Study Finds – CommonHealth (free) AND Mumps Is On the Rise. A Waning Vaccine Response May Be Why – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“a booster dose at age 18 should be a straight-forward solution to the problem based on models of how mumps spreads” (from Forbes)
Systematic Review: Accuracy of different non-invasive methods for identifying Helicobacter pylori
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:31h | UTCAccuracy of different non-invasive methods for identifying Helicobacter pylori – Cochrane Library (free)
The impact of past vaccination coverage and immunity on pertussis resurgence
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:26h | UTCCommentaries: Decades-long trends, not flawed vaccine, explain resurgent whooping cough – University of Michigan, via ScienceDaily (free) AND More Evidence Explains Why Whooping Cough Cases Are Increasing – Forbes (free) AND Waning Vaccine Protection Contributes to Whooping Cough Comeback – AAAS (free)
High Rates of Prescribing Antimicrobials for Prophylaxis in Children and Neonates
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:27h | UTCCommentaries: Antibiotics often inappropriately prescribed for hospitalized kids, global study suggests – Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Too many hospitalized kids get preventive antibiotics – CIDRAP (free)
Guideline: Alternative Mass Drug Administration Regimens to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:08h | UTCGuideline: Alternative Mass Drug Administration Regimens to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis – World Health Organization (free)
Systematic Review: Mefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women
30 Mar, 2018 | 02:46h | UTCMefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Mefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women (free)
When antibiotics turn toxic
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:43h | UTCWhen antibiotics turn toxic – Nature News (free)
“Commonly prescribed drugs called fluoroquinolones cause rare, disabling side effects. Researchers are struggling to work out why”.
Are we prepared for the looming epidemic threat?
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:36h | UTCAre we prepared for the looming epidemic threat? – The Guardian (free) (via @Onisillos)
Related: The World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic – TIME cover story AND The World Is Completely Unprepared for a Global Pandemic – Harvard Business Review (free) AND Seven reasons we’re at more risk than ever of a global pandemic – CNN (free) AND Video: Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat (free)
Research: Behaviors, movements, and transmission of droplet-mediated respiratory diseases during transcontinental airline flights
23 Mar, 2018 | 01:59h | UTCCommentaries: Localized Risk for Infection Transmission on Planes, Study Finds – Medscape (free registration required) AND Researchers Determine Routes of Respiratory Infectious Disease Transmission on Aircraft – Georgia Tech News Center (free) AND Why you should choose your plane seat wisely – Medical News Today (free)
“Direct disease transmission outside of the one-meter area of an infected passenger is unlikely” (from Georgia Tech)
Research: Direct-Acting Antiviral Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplantation From Hepatitis C Virus–Infected Donors to Noninfected Recipients
23 Mar, 2018 | 01:52h | UTCCommentaries: HCV Prophylaxis Could Expand Kidney Availability – Renal & Urology News (free) AND HCV-infected kidney donors could save lives – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND One year posttransplant, recipients of hepatitis C kidneys disease-free – Johns Hopkins Medicine, ScienceDaily (free)
MMWR Report: Fatal Yellow Fever in Travelers to Brazil
23 Mar, 2018 | 01:51h | UTCMMWR Report: Fatal Yellow Fever in Travelers to Brazil, 2018 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (free)
Commentaries: Thinking of Going to Brazil? You Will Need a Yellow Fever Vaccination – The New York Times (free) AND Brazil’s yellow fever outbreak, explained – VOX (free)
Research: Infectious Diseases Consultation Reduces 30-Day and 1-Year All-Cause Mortality for Multidrug-Resistant Organism Infections
22 Mar, 2018 | 23:44h | UTCCommentary: ID consults tied to lower death rates in MDR infections – CIDRAP (free)
Research: Risk of stroke in patients with dengue fever
16 Mar, 2018 | 03:24h | UTCCommentary: Dengue fever linked to increased risk of stroke – CMAJ, via ScienceDaily (free)
Research: Antifungal Combinations for Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:12h | UTCCommentary: Combo Tx Offers New Hope for Cryptococcal Meningitis – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Research: Pregnancy Outcomes after ZIKV Infection
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:11h | UTCEditorial: Recognizing the Global Impact of Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy (free)
Quick Take Video Summary: Pregnancy Outcomes after Zika (free)
Commentaries: Study: 7% risk of birth defects in Zika pregnancies – CIDRAP (free) AND Birth defect rate pegged at 7 percent for babies born to Zika-infected women – Reuters (free)
Research: Efficacy of a single-dose regimen of inactivated whole-cell oral cholera vaccine
16 Mar, 2018 | 02:01h | UTCInvited commentary: Cholera control: one dose at a time (free)
“Our results indicate that when such emergencies occur in populations with endemic cholera, the challenges of successfully completing a two-dose regimen should not deter deployment of OCV, because older children and adults will be protected for at least 2 years by a single dose”. (via @Onisillos see Tweet)
Review: Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infections
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCAdvances in the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infections – Emerging Microbes and Infections (free)
Guideline: Treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:33h | UTCTreatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: report of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy/Healthcare Infection Society/British Infection Association Joint Working Party – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (free) (via @ABsteward)
New Guide to Infection Control in The Hospital
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:31h | UTCNew Guide to Infection Control in The Hospital – International Society for Infectious Diseases (free)
A free, online resource on the principles and interventions needed to reduce healthcare associated infections, with suggested control measures across different resource levels.
One-Month Tuberculosis Prophylaxis as Effective as Nine-Month Regimen for People Living with HIV
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:24h | UTCOne-Month Tuberculosis Prophylaxis as Effective as Nine-Month Regimen for People Living with HIV – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (free) (via @iasociety see Tweet)
Related: New ways to fight HIV and tuberculosis emerge at AIDS conference – Science (free)
Research: Fluoroquinolone use and risk of aortic aneurysm and dissection
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:17h | UTCFluoroquinolone use and risk of aortic aneurysm and dissection: nationwide cohort study – The BMJ (free)
Related: Aortic Dissection and Aortic Aneurysms Associated with Fluoroquinolones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – American Journal of Medicine (free) AND Fluoroquinolones and collagen associated severe adverse events: a longitudinal cohort study – BMJ Open (free) AND Risk of Aortic Dissection and Aortic Aneurysm in Patients Taking Oral Fluoroquinolone – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Research: Vaccines won’t overload the immune system
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:01h | UTCAssociation Between Estimated Cumulative Vaccine Antigen Exposure Through the First 23 Months of Life and Non–Vaccine-Targeted Infections From 24 Through 47 Months of Age – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Vaccines won’t overload your child’s immune system—or increase their risk of other infections – Science (free) AND Too Many Too Soon? No! – Science-Based Medicine (free) AND Study finds no immune overload for US kids’ vaccine schedule – CIDRAP (free)
Guideline: Cough Due to TB and Other Chronic Infections
8 Mar, 2018 | 21:40h | UTCCough Due to TB and Other Chronic Infections – CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)
See also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms (free) AND Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold (free) AND Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults (free) AND Symptomatic Treatment of Cough Among Adult Patients With Lung Cancer (free) AND Cough in the athlete (free) AND Occupational and Environmental Contributions to Chronic Cough in Adults (free) AND Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough (free) AND Use of Management Pathways or Algorithms in Children With Chronic Cough (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (free)