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October 2016 Briefing – Infectious Disease

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Infectious Disease for October 2016. This roundup includes the...
For U.S. adults

Considerable Economic Burden for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Economic burden estimated at about $9 billion in 2015 for adults ages 19 years and older
When a hospital patient is taking antibiotics

CDI Risk Up When Prior Occupant of Hospital Bed Got Antibiotics

Researchers find an association with elevated risk of Clostridium difficile infection
Dietary zinc alters the gut microbiota and affects resistance to Clostridium difficile infection

Zinc Alters Gut Microbiota, Cuts Resistance to C. difficile

Excess dietary zinc reduces minimum amount of antibiotics needed to confer susceptibility to CDI
For adults with sepsis

Levosimendan Doesn’t Prevent Acute Organ Dysfunction

Drug also tied to lower odds of successful weaning from mechanical ventilation in adults with sepsis
The use of hydrocortisone does not reduce the risk of septic shock within 14 days among adults with severe sepsis not in septic shock

Hydrocortisone Doesn’t Cut Risk of Septic Shock in Sepsis

Among adults with severe sepsis not in septic shock, no reduction in septic shock with hydrocortisone
For adults with inflammatory bowel disease

Biologics Tied to Opportunistic Infection Risk in IBD

No increased risk of serious infection or malignancy among adults with inflammatory bowel disease
Adding azithromycin to standard antibiotic therapy before a cesarean section reduces infection rates by 50 percent

Adjunctive Azithromycin Beneficial in C-Section Patients

Addition of azithromycin cuts post-cesarean infection rates in half
Antimicrobial resistance remains a major public health threat

NIH: More Must Be Done to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance

New government report says multipronged approach is needed
Another mosquito-borne virus may be starting to circulate in the Caribbean

New Mosquito-Borne Virus Detected in 8-Year-Old in Haiti

Mayaro virus, related to the chikungunya virus, was first detected in Trinidad in 1954