Current Print Issue
The following online articles appeared in the May 1, 2009 print edition of Infectious Disease News.
- H. pylori detection, eradication effective for people with ITP
- Preparation may determine whether using computerized prescription software translates into clinical benefit
- Two separate measles outbreaks demonstrate threat of imported cases
- Vigilance at all levels key to food safety
- Penicillin for community-acquired pneumonia?
- Patients’ early HCV RNA response to antiviral therapy may predict long-term outcome
- AIDS Compendium
- Task force outlines blueprint for combating XDR TB
- Hepatitis C increased risk for immune thrombocytopenic purpura
- Negative H. pylori status indicated poor prognosis in gastric cancer
- Response-guided therapy may be effective for patients coinfected with HIV/HCV
- Chlamydia screening increased from 2000-2006, decreased in 2007
- Children with HIV may have less durable and lower antibody responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
- New guidelines for prevention and treatment of HIV-associated opportunistic infections released
- Preemptive antifungal treatment demonstrates comparable survival rates to empirical therapy
- Oral sex, open-mouthed kissing linked to increased risk for oral HPV infection
- Pertussis booster important for household contacts
- New findings support shifting diagnostic paradigm for pharyngitis
