Infectious Disease
Sep 26, 2012
An MRSA molecular test (BD Max MRSA, BD Diagnostics) has received marketing clearance from the FDA for use in identifying patients with the infection. The automated, bench-top assay is designed to per...
Sep 14, 2012
The benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART) during acute and early HIV infection remain unproven, despite several years of investigations into the topic. Studies have yielded conflicting results, wit...
Sep 11, 2012
This week, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) published newly revised guidelines for Group A streptococcal pharyngitis, or "strep," in the journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Ab...
Aug 27, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Stribild (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), a new once-a-day combination pill to treat HIV-1 infection in ad...
Aug 27, 2012
Doctors and nurses in the ICU at Long Island’s North Shore University Hospital are being watched by 39 video cameras in an effort to increase compliance with hand washing. According to a report, han...
Aug 23, 2012
New research was presented at AIDS 2012, the 19th International AIDS Conference, from July 22-27 in Washington, DC. The features below highlight just some of the studies that emerged from the confer...
Aug 23, 2012
A Washington University School of Medicine study suggests that MRSA colonization rates among household contacts of children with Staphylococcus aureus appear to be higher than those of the general pop...
Aug 16, 2012
Parents living in low-income, urban areas who received text messages to have their children get vaccinated for the flu appear more likely to follow through on these vaccinations than those receiving u...
Aug 02, 2012
Click here to listen to a podcast of Dr. Wong discussing the growing need of support for HIV care. The care of patients with HIV in the United States has typically been provided by physician...
Jul 31, 2012
Over 30 years into the epidemic, there is renewed hope that a cure for HIV may have been found following the presentation of two HIV cases at the 19th annual International AIDS Conference in Washingto...
Jul 18, 2012
A report from the CDC has found that the age-adjusted risk of dying decreased 60% from 1935 to 2010. The report, available at www.cdc.gov/nchs, reviewed changes in causes of death, risk of dying, the ...
Jul 11, 2012
A CDC report has found that 10,521 new tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported in 2011 in the United States, a 6.4% lower rate than was observed in 2010. The report, available at www.cdc.gov/mmwr, summa...
Jun 19, 2012
An antimicrobial stewardship program implemented at the University of Maryland Medical Center that used an antimicrobial monitoring team appeared to be highly cost-effective when measured at 7 years. ...
Jun 19, 2012
A meta-analysis of two trials indicates that weekly medication reminders sent via mobile phone text message to patients with HIV appear to be efficacious in enhancing antiretroviral therapy adherence....
Jun 12, 2012
Antimicrobial scrubs appear to reduce the burden of MRSA on hands and apparel, but not vancomycin-resistant enterococci or gram-negative rod burden. An analysis found that differences in mean log MRSA...
May 30, 2012
The incidence of HIV in the United States has remained stable over the last 15 years, while the number of people living with the disease has increased by about 60%. “As more people are living with H...
May 30, 2012
Admission for sepsis through the ED, when compared with direct admission to the hospital, appears to be associated with lower early and overall inpatient mortality. Results from a large national sampl...
May 08, 2012
The advent of antibiotic therapy has led to dramatic reductions in mortality and morbidity due to bacterial infections and sepsis. The overuse of antibiotics to treat infections, however, may expose p...
Apr 17, 2012
A multipronged hand hygiene program that includes a multimedia communications campaign, education, leadership engagement, environment modification, team performance measurement, and feedback appears t...
Apr 16, 2012
The quality of care coordination is important to the United States healthcare system as hospital readmission rates are being further scrutinized. When hospital readmission rates are high, it is often ...