Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Research: Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV-negative persons with partners living with HIV
11 Nov, 2017 | 19:17h | UTC
WHO guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:15h | UTCNews release: Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance (free)
Related Article: Restricting the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals and its associations with antibiotic resistance in food-producing animals and human beings: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Planetary Health (free) and Editorial: Antimicrobial use and resistance in animals and human beings (free)
Commentaries: WHO calls for restrictions on use of antibiotics in food animal production – STAT (free) AND WHO Moves to Contain Superbugs on the Farm – Scientific American (free) WHO calls for an end to antibiotic use in healthy animals – CIDRAP (free)
The Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:04h | UTCThe Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children – Clinical Infectious Diseases Supplement (free articles)
Commentaries: Group B Streptococcus infection causes an estimated 150,000 preventable stillbirths and infant deaths every year – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free) AND Streptococcus vaccine ‘could prevent over 100,000 baby deaths worldwide’ – The Guardian (free)
Research: Effectiveness of β-Lactam Monotherapy vs Macrolide Combination Therapy for Children Hospitalized With Pneumonia
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:03h | UTCEffectiveness of β-Lactam Monotherapy vs Macrolide Combination Therapy for Children Hospitalized With Pneumonia – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study: Azithromycin overprescribed for kids’ pneumonia – CIDRAP (free) AND Vanderbilt study shows azithromycin overprescribed for childhood pneumonia – Vanderbilt University Medical Center, via EurekAlert (free)
Guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive adults
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:43h | UTCEuropean Guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive adults – European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS)
Commentary: New EACS treatment guidelines – Aidsmap (free) AND EACS updates HIV guidelines for adults – Healio (free registration required)
Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among health care personnel
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:41h | UTCCommentaries: 4 in 10 healthcare professionals work when they’re sick, risking patients – HealthCare Finance (free) AND Four in 10 Healthcare Personnel Work While Sick – Medscape (free registration required) AND Four in 10 HCPs Work While Experiencing Flu-Like Illness, Says Survey – MPR (free)
Testing for chronic hepatitis B and C: a global perspective
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:39h | UTCTesting for chronic hepatitis B and C: a global perspective – BMC Infectious Diseases (free)
Review: What We Know About Tuberculosis Transmission
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:33h | UTCWhat We Know About Tuberculosis Transmission: An Overview – The Journal of Infectious Diseases (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Untreatable Gonorrhea Is Rapidly Spreading. Here’s What You Need to Know
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:31h | UTCUntreatable Gonorrhea Is Rapidly Spreading. Here’s What You Need to Know – TIME Health (free)
Research: Mortality lower with prolonged vs. short-term IV infusion of antipseudomonal beta-lactams
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:08h | UTCOriginal 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)
Bacteria Can Evolve Resistance to Drugs Before Those Drugs Are Used
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:10h | UTCBacteria Can Evolve Resistance to Drugs Before Those Drugs Are Used – The Atlantic (free)
Systematic Review: Mefloquine for preventing malaria during travel to endemic areas
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:55h | UTCMefloquine for preventing malaria during travel to endemic areas – Cochrane Library (free)
News release: Can mefloquine prevent malaria during travel to areas where the disease is widespread? (free)
Commentary: Cochrane review provides clarity about safety of mefloquine for preventing malaria in travelers – News Medical (free)
Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:39h | UTCSee also other recent CHEST guidelines on the management of cough in specific populations: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Acute Cough Associated With the Common Cold – CHEST Expert Panel Report (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: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free) AND Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free)
WHO Global tuberculosis report 2017
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:38h | UTCGlobal tuberculosis report 2017 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News release: WHO report signals urgent need for greater political commitment to end tuberculosis (free)
Commentaries: Tuberculosis world’s top infectious killer; UN health agency calls for political action to stop spread – UN News Center (free) AND Pandemic alert: Tuberculosis is world’s No. 1 infectious killer – CNBC (free) Despite progress, WHO paints ‘grim’ picture of global TB – CIDRAP (free)
Review – So you think it is sepsis: considerations beyond lung and urine in the sick patient without a source
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:27h | UTC
Guideline: Acute Sinusitis
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:24h | UTCNICE Guideline: Sinusitis (acute): antimicrobial prescribing (free)
News release: Antibiotics should not be used to treat the majority of sinus infections, NICE says (free)
Systematic review: antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:37h | UTCOriginal article: Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
World leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come ‘sooner than we expect’
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:38h | UTCWorld leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come ‘sooner than we expect’ – The Washington Post (free)
Perspective: HIV Drug Resistance
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:39h | UTCHIV Drug Resistance: An Emerging Threat to Epidemic Control – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Terbinafine is probably first choice oral drug for fungal toenail infection
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:31h | UTCTerbinafine is probably first choice oral drug for fungal toenail infection – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Oral antifungal medication for toenail onychomycosis – Cochrane Library (free)
Systematic review: Aerosol delivery during invasive mechanical ventilation
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:05h | UTCAerosol delivery during invasive mechanical ventilation: a systematic review – Critical Care (free)
Is It Possible to Predict the Next Pandemic?
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:09h | UTCIs It Possible to Predict the Next Pandemic? – The Atlantic (free)
“Large initiatives are underway to pinpoint the next big viral threats—but some virologists believe the task is too hard”.
Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:00h | UTCRelated article: Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review – The Lancet Global Health (free)
Commentary: New research highlights worldwide risk of HIV, Hepatitis C epidemics – University of New South Wales, via ScienceDaily (free)
Systematic review: Protection of the house against Chagas disease, dengue, leishmaniasis, and lymphatic filariasis
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:51h | UTCProtection of the house against Chagas disease, dengue, leishmaniasis, and lymphatic filariasis: a systematic review – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free registration required)
Guideline – Hepatitis B (chronic): diagnosis and management
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:49h | UTCGuideline: Hepatitis B (chronic): diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)