Clinical Infectious Diseases
Research finds targeted screening for hepatitis C is cost-effective
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that targeted screening for populations with a higher estimated prevalence for hepatitis C may be cost-effective.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Despite superbug crisis, progress in antibiotic development 'alarmingly elusive'
Despite the desperate need for new antibiotics to combat increasingly deadly resistant bacteria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved only one new systemic antibiotic since the Infectious Diseases Society ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 18, 2013 |
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Widespread 'test-and-treat' HIV policies could increase dangerous drug resistance
One of the most widely advocated strategies for dealing with HIV/AIDS could double the number of multi-drug-resistant HIV cases in the population of men who have sex with men (MSM) in LA County over the next 10 years, cautions ...
HIV & AIDS
Mar 18, 2013 |
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Kala-azar treatment failing in Nepal
In a recent study, scientists have concluded that the cure rates of Miltefosine, the only oral drug for visceral leishmaniasis available, have significantly decreased. Miltefosine was introduced in the Indian subcontinent ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Study suggests link between untreated depression and response to shingles vaccine
Results from a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggest a link between untreated depression in older adults and decreased effectiveness of the herpes zoster, or shingles, vaccine. Older adults are known ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Vaccinating children against rotavirus may indirectly protect adults too, study finds
Pediatric rotavirus vaccination also indirectly protects unvaccinated adults from the highly contagious cause of severe diarrhea and vomiting, suggests a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Vaccination responsible for dramatic fall in salmonella infections
Mass poultry vaccination programmes introduced to combat Salmonella infections have led to a dramatic fall in the number of cases since the late 1990s, according to a researcher at the University of Liverpool.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Hydrogen peroxide vapor enhances hospital disinfection of superbugs
Infection control experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital have found that a combination of robot-like devices that disperse a bleaching agent into the air and then detoxify the disinfecting chemical are highly effective at ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 01, 2013 |
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HIV patients in care lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV infection
Among HIV patients receiving well-organized care with free access to antiretroviral therapy, those who smoke lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV, according to a Danish study published in Clinical Infectious Di ...
HIV & AIDS
Dec 19, 2012 |
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New IDSA guidelines aim to reduce death, disability, and cost of prosthetic joint infections
Of the one million people each year who get hips and knees replaced, as many as 20,000 will get an infection in the new joint, a number that is expected to skyrocket in the next 20 years. Multispecialty physician teams need ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 07, 2012 |
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Findings support safety of whooping cough vaccine for older adults
A new study of the safety of the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine supports the recommendation that those 65 and older get the vaccine to protect themselves and others, particularly young babies, from ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Meningitis A vaccine breaks barrier: First to gain approval to travel outside cold chain
Signaling a potential breakthrough for immunization programs in resource-poor countries, researchers today announced at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) conference that regulatory authorities—after ...
Medications
Nov 14, 2012 |
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Interventions needed to promote healthy behaviors among perinatally HIV-infected youth
As youth infected at birth with HIV reach adolescence and young adulthood, a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases underscores the need to promote healthy behaviors as some of these young people become sexual ...
HIV & AIDS
Nov 08, 2012 |
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High fever and evidence of a virus? Caution, it still may be Kawasaki disease
Clinicians should take caution when diagnosing a child who has a high fever and whose tests show evidence of adenovirus, and not assume the virus is responsible for Kawasaki-like symptoms. According to a new study from Nationwide ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 05, 2012 |
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Effective HIV care benefited all HIV patients, regardless of demographics and behavioral risk
Improved treatment options, a multi-pronged treatment model, and federal funding from the Ryan White Program have helped an inner city Baltimore clinic improve outcomes for HIV patients across all groups, including those ...
HIV & AIDS
Sep 28, 2012 |
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