Infectious Diseases (all articles)
Guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:48h | UTC
Guideline: Infection Prevention and Control in Pediatric Ambulatory Settings
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:19h | UTCPolicy Statement: Infection Prevention and Control in Pediatric Ambulatory Settings – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
News release: Updated policy offers guidance on infection prevention, control in ambulatory settings (free)
Commentaries: Pediatrician’s New Germ-Control Advice: Bring Your Own Toys (10 articles per month are free) AND AAP: Hygiene, isolation protocols critical for infection control in pediatric office – Healio (free registration required)
Research: Azithromycin, levofloxacin or rifaximin for travelers diarrhea?
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:45h | UTCTrial Evaluating Ambulatory Therapy of Travelers’ Diarrhea (TrEAT TD) Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing 3 Single-Dose Antibiotic Regimens With Loperamide – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Azithromycin, levofloxacin, rifaximin all effective for travelers diarrhea – Healio (free registration required)
Carefully managed antibiotic use could halve antibiotic-resistant infections
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:38h | UTCCarefully managed antibiotic use could halve antibiotic-resistant infections – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effect of antibiotic stewardship on the incidence of infection and colonisation with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:23h | UTCCommentary: New diarrhea guidelines stress implications of molecular tests – CIDRAP (free)
Research: A Highly Pathogenic Avian H7N9 Influenza Virus
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:16h | UTCCommentaries: H7N9 study finds virus poised to become more lethal, resistant to treatment – CIDRAP (free) AND H7N9 influenza is both lethal and transmissible in animal model for flu – University of Wisconsin–Madison (free) AND Will the World’s Most Worrying Flu Virus Go Pandemic? – The Atlantic (free)
Guidance for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:17h | UTCCommentaries: CDC Offers New Guidance on Diagnosing and Managing Zika in Infants – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Guidelines for supportive care of patients with Ebola virus disease
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:18h | UTCEvidence-based guidelines for supportive care of patients with Ebola virus disease – The Lancet (free)
Commentaries: New Ebola guidelines address immediate supportive care – CIDRAP (free)
Long-term antibiotics likely to reduce risk of recurrent cellulitis
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:12h | UTCLong-term antibiotics likely to reduce risk of recurrent cellulitis – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Interventions for the prevention of recurrent erysipelas and cellulitis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Research: Short-Course Versus Prolonged-Course Antibiotic in Adults With Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:10h | UTCComparing the Outcomes of Adults With Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia Receiving Short-Course Versus Prolonged-Course Antibiotic Therapy in a Multicenter, Propensity Score–Matched Cohort – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Short course of antibiotics worked as well as long for Enterobacteriaceae bacteremia – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Meta-analysis: Probiotics for the Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Outpatients
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:32h | UTCAntibiotic-associated diarrhea ocurred in 8.0% of the probiotic group compared to 17.7% in the control group. The number needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one case of diarrhea was 11 (95% CI 6 to 13).
Review: Approach to recurrent fever in childhood
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:31h | UTCApproach to recurrent fever in childhood – Canadian medical Association Journal (free)
Report: Roadmap for zoonotic tuberculosis
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:05h | UTCRoadmap for zoonotic tuberculosis – Worl Health Organization (free)
WHO News release: TB partners launch first roadmap to jointly stop the transmission of bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis (free)
Research: Vaccines to Prevent Ebola in Liberia
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:04h | UTCEditorial: Handle Survivors with Care (free)
Commentaries: Experimental Ebola vaccines elicit year-long immune response – NIH New Releases (free) AND Ebola Vaccines Elicit Immune Responses in Liberian Adults – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Liberia trial finds Ebola vaccines yield year-long immune response – CIDRAP (free)
Systematic review: Testing blood procalcitonin levels to decide when to start and stop antibiotics in adults with acute respiratory tract infections
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:00h | UTCOriginal Article: Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“the use of procalcitonin to guide initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment results in lower risks of mortality, lower antibiotic consumption, and lower risk for antibiotic-related side effects”.
Research: Antibiotic susceptibility testing in less than 30 min using direct single-cell imaging
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:02h | UTCCommentary: Rapid Test for Antibiotic Susceptibility – JAMA (free)
Long Sleeves on Doctors’ White Coats May Spread Germs
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:57h | UTCLong Sleeves on Doctors’ White Coats May Spread Germs – Scientific American (free)
Related guideline: Healthcare Personnel Attire in Non-Operating-Room Settings – Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (free) AND Commentaries: Goodbye to the Doctor’s White Coat? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND New infection control recommendations could make white coats obsolete – ScienceDaily (free) AND Should Doctors Still Be Allowed to Wear White Coats? You Decide – HIV and ID Observations (free)
Review – The oncologic burden of hepatitis C virus infection: A clinical perspective
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:01h | UTC
Review: Recent Progress in the Development of Diagnostic Tests for Malaria
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:56h | UTCRecent Progress in the Development of Diagnostic Tests for Malaria – Diagnostics (free)
Individual support of nurses using electronic medicine monitors can improve HIV treatment
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:51h | UTCIndividual support of nurses using electronic medicine monitors can improve HIV treatment – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a nurse-delivered intervention to improve adherence to treatment for HIV: a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free)
Revised Recommendations for the Use of Hormonal Contraception Among Women at High Risk for HIV Infection
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:44h | UTC
Review: Emerging Trends in Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Virus Infection
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:36h | UTC
Is child vaccination boosted by educating mothers?
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:43h | UTCIs child vaccination boosted by educating mothers? – BBC News (free)
Guideline: Candida auris
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:36h | UTCCandida auris Clinical Update – September 2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentary: CDC Updates Guidance as Candida auris Cases Grow – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally – PLOS Pathogens (free) AND A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention – STAT (free) AND CDC keeping a watchful eye on Candida auris – CIDRAP (free) AND CDC reports uptick in Candida auris cases – CIDRAP (free)
Review: Hepatitis B in patients with hematological diseases
12 Oct, 2017 | 17:53h | UTCHepatitis B in patients with hematological diseases: An update – World Journal of Hepatology (free)