The Latest in Infectious Disease

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Repeat Tdap vaccination is safe in pregnancy

October 20, 2015

Vaccines

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IDWeek: Despite better drugs, HCV deaths keep rising

October 19, 2015

Hepatitis

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IDWeek: Testing delays linked to misclassification of hospital-onset C. difficile

October 19, 2015

Healthcare-acquired Infections

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IDWEEK: Antibiotic ‘time-out’ cut vancomycin use

October 19, 2015

Antimicrobial-resistant infections

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Susceptible S. aureus more deadly than MRSA

October 19, 2015

Pediatrics

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IDWeek: Rifapentine had best completion rates for health care workers with latent TB

October 18, 2015

Mycoses

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Some household pets found to be colonized with S. aureus

October 17, 2015

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Software picked up HAI clusters faster than hospitals

October 17, 2015

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HIV testing low among patients admitted for pneumonia

October 16, 2015

HIV

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Decline in antibiotic effectiveness could harm surgical, chemotherapy patients

October 15, 2015

Antimicrobial-resistant infections

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VIDEO: Antibiotic stewardship program impacted C. diff. rates in kids

October 15, 2015

Pediatrics

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Study: Disproportionately high HIV infection rate for Hispanics

October 14, 2015

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Ebola virus may persist in semen 9 months after symptom onset

October 14, 2015

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VIDEO: Tranexamic acid didn’t increase postop infections

October 14, 2015

Healthcare-acquired Infections

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Coccidioidomycosis a respiratory threat to construction workers in Southwest

October 14, 2015

Mycoses