Current Issue —  April 2008

Bloodstream infections may increase risk for MRSA mortality

Comorbidities, including diabetes and HIV, and increased age also were associated with greater fatality from invasive MRSA.

Acute hepatitis immunization program successful in Italy

Fourteen years after universal vaccination program launched, challenges remain.

FDA: Two HIV drugs may be linked with increased coronary risk

STDs more common among adolescent girls than previously believed

Even among girls who reported only one lifetime sex partner, the STD prevalence was 20.4%.

Looking back on the 2008 influenza season and vaccine

Recent recommendations for universal vaccines and a change in the vaccine strains promise an interesting season next year.

Social factors play a role in U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic among black women

Risk for HIV is higher among black women than white women, independent of risk behavior.

Routine HIV testing in EDs linked to increased diagnoses

Programs were cost effective when compared with the economic and health costs of delayed HIV diagnoses.

Revised pediatric HIV treatment guidelines released

New criteria for excluding infection in HIV-exposed infants and children may ease parents’ concerns earlier and make management easier.

Zoonoses transmitted by cats highlight importance of proper care

CDC’s annual report for 2006 noted 6,940 cases of rabies in wild or domesticated animals, of which 318 were cats.

Even products used to sterilize can contaminate

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