Infectious Disease News & Articles

1 Update on rilpivirine: A new potent non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) of HIV replication Annals of Medicine, May 22, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Clinical Article

2 Biceps skin-fold thickness may detect and predict early lipoatrophy in HIV-infected children The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, May 22, 2013    Review Article

3 Relationship between weight, efavirenz exposure, and virologic suppression in HIV-infected patients on rifampin-based tuberculosis treatment in the AIDS clinical trials group A5221 STRIDE study Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

4 Implications for HIV prevention: lesbian, gay and bisexual adolescents in Urban South Africa are at increased risk of living with HIV The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

5 Erectile dysfunction, testosterone deficiency, and risk of coronary heart disease in a cohort of men living with HIV in Belgium The Journal of Sexual Medicine, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

6 Motivational interviewing by HIV care providers is associated with patient intentions to reduce unsafe sexual behavior Patient Education and Counselling, May 22, 2013    Review Article

7 Modified social ecological model: a tool to guide the assessment of the risks and risk contexts of HIV epidemics Full Text BMC Public Health, May 22, 2013    Review Article

8 Identity formation, outness, and sexual risk among gay and bisexual men American Journal of Men's Health , May 22, 2013    Review Article

9 Description of an efficacious behavioral peer-driven intervention to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in AIDS clinical trials Health Education Research, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

10 Colistin and rifampicin compared with colistin alone for the treatment of serious infections due to extensively drug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii: a multicenter, randomized clinical trial Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

11 The antibiotic resistance and prescribing in european children project: a neonatal and pediatric antimicrobial web-based point prevalence survey in 73 hospitals worldwide The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, May 22, 2013    Review Article

12 Deep sequencing reveals mutagenic effects of ribavirin during monotherapy of hepatitis C virus genotype 1-infected patients Journal of Virology, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

13 Antibiotic resistance and expression of resistance-nodulation-division pumps and outer membrane porins in Acinetobacter species isolated from Canadian hospitals Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

14 Successful systemic high-dose ribavirin treatment of respiratory syncytial virus-induced infections occurring pre-engraftment in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients Transplant Infectious Disease, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

15 First indigenous transmission of Japanese Encephalitis in urban areas of national capital territory of Delhi, India Tropical Medicine & International Health, May 22, 2013    Review Article    Clinical Article

16 Analysis of plasma multiplex cytokines for children with febrile seizures and severe acute encephalitis Journal of Child Neurology, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

17 Health care failure mode and effect analysis to reduce nicu line-associated bloodstream infections Pediatrics, May 22, 2013    Review Article

18 The epidemiology and clinical characteristics of young children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus infections in Guatemala (2007–2010) The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, May 22, 2013    Review Article

19 Etiology, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase rates and antimicrobial susceptibility of gram-negative bacilli causing intra-abdominal infections in patients in general pediatric and pediatric intensive care units—global data from the study for monitoring antimicrobial resistance trends 2008 to 2010 The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, May 22, 2013    Review Article

20 Immunogenicity and safety of quadrivalent versus trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine: a randomized, controlled trial in adults Full Text BMC Infectious Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Early Use of Daptomycin Versus Vancomycin for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia With Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration >1 mg/L: A Matched Cohort Study Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 1, 2013

2 Herpes Zoster Vaccine Effectiveness against Incident Herpes Zoster and Post-herpetic Neuralgia in an Older US Population: A Cohort Study PLoS Medicine, April 12, 2013    Free full text

3 Infective Endocarditis New England Journal of Medicine, April 12, 2013

4 Continuous versus intermittent infusions of antibiotics for the treatment of severe acute infections Cochrane Reviews, March 29, 2013    Review Article

5 Discontinuation of Contact Precautions for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Passive and Active Screening with Culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 11, 2013

6 Entry Inhibitors and their use in the Treatment of HIV-1 Infection Antiviral Research , April 2, 2013

7 Measles transmission during air travel, United States, December 1, 2008-December 31, 2011 Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease , April 5, 2013

8 Durable Efficacy and Safety of Raltegravir Versus Efavirenz When Combined With Tenofovir/Emtricitabine in Treatment-Naive HIV-1–Infected Patients: Final 5-Year Results From STARTMRK Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 16, 2013

9 Clinical Trial: Comparative Effectiveness of Cephalexin Plus Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Versus Cephalexin Alone for Treatment of Uncomplicated Cellulitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 3, 2013

10 Anti-JC virus antibody prevalence in a multinational multiple sclerosis cohort Multiple Sclerosis Journal, April 1, 2013

11 Stop Antibiotics on guidance of Procalcitonin Study (SAPS): a randomised prospective multicenter investigator-initiated trial to analyse whether daily measurements of procalcitonin versus a standard-of-care approach can safely shorten antibiotic duration in intensive care unit patients - calculated sample size: 1816 patients BMC Infectious Diseases, April 19, 2013    Free full text

12 Current assays for HIV-1 diagnostics and antiretroviral therapy monitoring: challenges and possibilities Future Virology, April 15, 2013    Review Article

13 A Pill for HIV Prevention: Deja Vu All Over Again Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 28, 2013

14 Prevalence and predictors of hepatitis B virus co-infection in a United States cohort of hepatitis C virus-infected patients Hepatology, March 19, 2013

15 Linezolid versus vancomycin for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, April 23, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

16 Marital status and HIV/AIDS mortality: evidence from the US National Longitudinal Mortality Study International Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 9, 2013

17 De-escalation of antimicrobial treatment for adults with sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock Cochrane Reviews, April 11, 2013    Review Article

18 Contribution of genetic background, traditional risk factors and HIV-related factors to coronary artery disease events in HIV-positive persons Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 1, 2013

19 Cobicistat: A New Boost for the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, March 13, 2013

20 A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Chronic Pain in Patients with HIV Pain Practice, April 5, 2013