Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Meta-Analysis: Soil-transmitted helminth infection, loss of education and cognitive impairment in school-aged children
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:29h | UTCRelated study: Cognitive deficits and educational loss in children with schistosome infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (free)
Review: Challenges and Achievements in Prevention and Treatment of Smallpox
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:13h | UTCChallenges and Achievements in Prevention and Treatment of Smallpox – Vaccines (free)
Research: West Nile May Cause Zika-like birth defects
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:47h | UTCZika virus–related neurotropic flaviviruses infect human placental explants and cause fetal demise in mice – Science Translational Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Mouse study hints West Nile may cause Zika-like birth defects – CIDRAP (free) AND Like Zika, West Nile virus causes fetal brain damage, death in mice – Washington University School of Medicine, via EurekAlert (free) AND Not just Zika: Other mosquito-borne viruses may cause birth defects, study suggests – STAT (free)
The CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:42h | UTCThe CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff – The Atlantic (free)
“It’s already planning to pull back on work that protects the world from pandemics”.
Guideline: Antibiotics After Incision and Drainage for Uncomplicated Skin Abscesses
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:48h | UTCRapid Recommendations: Antibiotics after incision and drainage for uncomplicated skin abscesses: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free text and infographics)
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:46h | UTCPolicy Statement: Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules: United States, 2018 – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
The Immunization Schedules for 2018 are available in the Red Book Online (free) and in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website (free)
Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:47h | UTC
Opinion: This flu season, physicians need to scrap the ‘martyr culture’ of working while sick
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:43h | UTCThis flu season, physicians need to scrap the ‘martyr culture’ of working while sick – STAT (free) (via @CMichaelGibson)
Related study: Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among US health care personnel during the 2014-2015 influenza season – American Journal of Infection Control (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentaries: Working while sick – ACP Internist (free) AND Health worker survey reveals many work during flu illness – CIDRAP (free)
Overview of Systematic Reviews: Intraoperative Interventions for Preventing Surgical Site Infection
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:40h | UTCIntraoperative interventions for preventing surgical site infection: an overview of Cochrane Reviews – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Overview of Cochrane Reviews of interventions used during surgery for preventing surgical site infection (free)
2018 annual review of the Blueprint list of priority diseases
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:22h | UTC2018 annual review of the Blueprint list of priority diseases – World Health Organization (free) (via @equitylist)
Key actions: Diseases for which R&D preparedness activities are already in development – World Health Organization (free)
Report: Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:20h | UTCReport: Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness: Preventing the Next Pandemics – Harvard Global Health Institute (free PDF)
See also: News Release (free) AND Summary report (free PDF)
Research: Spreading of Multidrug-Resistant Malaria in Southeast Asia
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:12h | UTCCommentaries: Drug-resistant malaria spreading fast in Southeast Asia – CIDRAP (free) AND Drug-resistant malaria will spread without urgent action, experts warn – The Guardian (free) AND Multidrug resistant malaria spread under the radar for years in Cambodia – Wellcome Sanger Institute (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Catheter-Related Bloodstream infection
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:45h | UTCDiagnosis and treatment of catheter-related bloodstream infection: Clinical guidelines of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology and (SEIMC) and the Spanish Society of Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) (free PDF)
Intravenous antibiotics, administered over 3 hours, are linked to lower death rates in sepsis
5 Feb, 2018 | 16:50h | UTCIntravenous antibiotics, administered over 3 hours, are linked to lower death rates in sepsis – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Prolonged versus short-term intravenous infusion of antipseudomonal β-lactams for patients with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Pediatrics Journal Supplement – Congenital Zika Syndrome
5 Feb, 2018 | 16:25h | UTCPediatrics Journal Supplement – Congenital Zika Syndrome (via @greg_folkers)
– Zika and Public Health: Understanding the Epidemiology and Information Environment (free)
– Public Health Approach to Addressing the Needs of Children Affected by Congenital Zika Syndrome (free)
– Development of Infants With Congenital Zika Syndrome: What Do We Know and What Can We Expect? (free)
– Ophthalmologic Manifestations Associated With Zika Virus Infection (free)
New Series on Malaria in Pregnancy – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
4 Feb, 2018 | 18:33h | UTCNew Series on malaria in pregnancy – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (via @Onisillos)
Comment: Putting malaria in pregnancy back in the spotlight (free registration required)
Article 1: Burden, pathology, and costs of malaria in pregnancy: new developments for an old problem (free registration required)
Article 2: Prevention of malaria in pregnancy (free registration required)
Article 3: Treatment of uncomplicated and severe malaria during pregnancy (free registration required)
WHO Guidelines on use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:42h | UTC
Blood Test Reduces Mortality and Shortens Antibiotic use Among Adults with Chest Infection
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:17h | UTCBlood test reduces mortality and shortens antibiotic use among adults with chest infection – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on mortality in acute respiratory infections: a patient level meta-analysis – The Lancet (free)
Review: Quantifying the Risk and Cost of Active Monitoring for Infectious Diseases
4 Feb, 2018 | 16:59h | UTCQuantifying the Risk and Cost of Active Monitoring for Infectious Diseases – Scientific Reports (free)
Guideline: Acute Sore throat
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:48h | UTCGuideline: Sore throat (acute): antimicrobial prescribing – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
News release: Use paracetamol to relieve a sore throat rather than antibiotics (free)
Commentaries: GPs should cut back on antibiotic prescriptions for sore throats, NICE says – GP (free) AND ‘Painkillers best option for sore throats’ say new NHS guidelines – NHS Choices (free)
Related guideline: Corticosteroids for sore throat – The BMJ (free)
Research: Birth Defects Potentially Related to Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy in the United States
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:42h | UTCBirth Defects Potentially Related to Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy in the United States – JAMA (free for a period)
Commentaries: Birth defects climb in US areas with local Zika – CIDRAP (free) AND More birth defects in U.S. areas with Zika: U.S. health officials – Reuters (free)
Meta-Analysis: Shorter Versus Longer Courses of Antibiotics for Infection in Hospitalized Patients
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:41h | UTCShorter Versus Longer Courses of Antibiotics for Infection in Hospitalized Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Report: Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS)
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:38h | UTCReport: Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) – World Health Organization (free)
News Release: High levels of antibiotic resistance found worldwide, new data shows (free)
Commentaries: WHO releases its first report on global antibiotic resistance – CIDRAP (free) AND UN health agency finds high levels of antibiotic resistance to world’s most common infections – UN News Centre (free)
Starting Antiretroviral Therapy Immediately after HIV Diagnosis Reduces Transmission of the Virus
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:15h | UTCStarting antiretroviral therapy immediately after HIV diagnosis reduces transmission of the virus – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Implications for a policy of initiating antiretroviral therapy in people diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus: the CAPRA research programme – Programme Grants for Applied Research (free)
Guideline: Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:26h | UTCGuideline: Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) (free)
Summary and commentary: New guidelines issued on contact precautions for C. diff, resistant infections – ACP Hospitalist (free)