Infectious Diseases (all articles)
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)
Guideline: Infection Prevention and Control in Ultrasound
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:17h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Research: Acute Myocardial Infarction after Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Infection
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:22h | UTCAcute Myocardial Infarction after Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Infection – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Myocardial Infarction after Influenza Infection (free)
Commentaries: Flu infection raises risk of heart attack in week after diagnosis – STAT (free) AND Flu Virus Can Trigger A Heart Attack – NPR (free) AND Flu increases the risk of heart attack – Reuters (free)
The researchers identified a six-fold increased risk of heart attack in the 7 days after a flu diagnosis.
Disease Outbreak News: Yellow Fever in Brazil
25 Jan, 2018 | 23:56h | UTCDisease outbreak news: Yellow Fever: Brazil – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Brazil’s death toll from yellow fever triples – WHO – Reuters (free) AND Yellow fever case counts jump in Brazil – CIDRAP (free)
Research: Infection Risk Zones of Yellow Fever Worldwide
25 Jan, 2018 | 23:57h | UTC
Busting 10 Common Myths about the “Greatest Pandemic in History”
25 Jan, 2018 | 21:03h | UTCBusting 10 Common Myths about the “Greatest Pandemic in History” – Scientific American (free)
Position Statement: Cross-infection Risk in Patients with Bronchiectasis
25 Jan, 2018 | 20:57h | UTC
Systematic Review: Routine Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Normal Vaginal Birth
25 Jan, 2018 | 20:56h | UTCRoutine antibiotic prophylaxis after normal vaginal birth for reducing maternal infectious morbidity – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Guideline: Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Obstetric Procedures – Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (free)
Guideline: Leptospirosis
25 Jan, 2018 | 20:59h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Research: Incidence of STI Before and After Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV
25 Jan, 2018 | 20:51h | UTCIncidence of sexually transmitted infections before and after Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV: a cohort study – AIDS (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Tied to Increased STI Rates – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus Infection in the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient
25 Jan, 2018 | 20:48h | UTC
Research: Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:58h | UTCAdjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: The Definitive Word on Steroids in Septic Shock – Emergency Medicine Literature of Note (free) AND Adrenal – The Bottom Line (free)
“For the primary outcome, there was no statistically significance difference in mortality at 90 days – 27.9% in the hydrocortisone cohort, and 28.8% with placebo. Looking at secondary outcomes, the results here tended to favor hydrocortisone – a slightly faster resolution of shock, shorter ICU stays, and, oddly, decreased transfusion requirements”. (from Emergency Medicine Literature of Note Blog)
Research: Flu May be Spread by Breathing, not Just Coughs, Sneezes
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:38h | UTCCommentaries: Study confirms flu spreads by aerosols, not just coughs, sneezes – CIDRAP (free) AND Flu may be spread just by breathing, new UMD-led study shows – University of Maryland, via EurekAlert (free)
Review: Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department
23 Jan, 2018 | 14:31h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Diagnosis and Therapy of Sepsis
23 Jan, 2018 | 14:30h | UTCDiagnosis and therapy of sepsis – Journal of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Its Clinical Efficacy
23 Jan, 2018 | 14:16h | UTC
Review: HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in Women
23 Jan, 2018 | 14:01h | UTCHIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in Women – Journal Watch (free)
Review: Coronary Artery Disease in HIV
23 Jan, 2018 | 13:34h | UTCCoronary Artery Disease in HIV – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Clinical Guideline on the Management of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections
21 Jan, 2018 | 17:05h | UTCThe 2017 Update of the German Clinical Guideline on Epidemiology, Diagnostics, Therapy, Prevention, and Management of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Patients: Part 1 – Karger, Urologia Internationalis (free) (via @CIDRAP_ASP see Tweet)
Video: Pandemics – a Worrying Global Public Health Threat
21 Jan, 2018 | 17:00h | UTCPandemics – a worrying global public health threat (free) (via @RSTMH see Tweet)
Related: The World Is Completely Unprepared for a Global Pandemic – Harvard Business Review (free) AND Is It Possible to Predict the Next Pandemic? – The Atlantic (free) AND Stopping Pandemics Before They Start – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Research: Single Dose Moxidectin vs Ivermectin for Onchocerca Volvulus Infection
21 Jan, 2018 | 16:59h | UTCEditorial: A new powerful drug to combat river blindness (free)
Research: Household-Contact Investigation for Detection of Tuberculosis in Vietnam
21 Jan, 2018 | 14:27h | UTCQuick Take Video Summary: Contact Investigation for Tuberculosis (free)
The Natural Environment and Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:15h | UTCEditorial: The natural environment and emergence of antibiotic resistance – The Lancet Planetary Health (free)
Related reports: Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: A One Health Approach to a Global Threat – The National Academies Press (free PDF) AND Antimicrobial Resistance: Investigating the Environmental Dimension (free PDF) AND Tackling Drug-Resistant Infections Globally: final report and recommendations (free PDF)