Contagion&reg Editorial Staff

Stay up-to-date on the latest infectious disease news by checking out our top 5 articles of the week.

Debra Goff, PharmD, FCCP, explains how technology can be incorporated into antimicrobial stewardship programs.

Barley Chironda, RPN, CIC, discusses different high-touch surfaces in hospital rooms that are known to harbor pathogenic bacteria.

Mylan NV's new drug application for its combo regimen of dolutegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide, received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Marin H. Kollef, MD, discusses treatment options for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

In case you missed them, we’ve compiled a list of the latest recalls posted this week.

Stay up-to-date on the latest infectious disease news by checking out our top 5 articles of the week.

Glenn Tillotson, PhD, FIDSA, provides insight into the growing problem and cost of antimicrobial resistance.

Leonard Sigal, MD, explains his approach for treating Lyme disease patients with persistent symptoms.

The FDA has granted pre-market approval for a new HPV test that can detect and identify HPV genotypes that put women at increased risk for cervical cancer.

Dr. Richard Vickers, discusses what the next steps are for Summit Therapeutic’s ridinilazole.

Marin H. Kollef, MD, discusses what to consider when calling for cultures.

In case you missed them, we've compiled the top five infectious disease articles from this past week.

In case you missed them, we've compiled a list of the latest US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalls posted this week.

Debra Goff, PharmD, FCCP, explains the role that antimicrobial stewardship programs have in the fight against multidrug-resistant infections.

Edmond Hooker, MD, DrPH, stresses that the FDA and the CDC need to intervene to ensure that hospital mattresses get cleaned appropriately.

Should SIGA's drug be approved, it will be the first treatment available for the deadly disease.

Contagion® celebrates its second year this month amid celebrations of bringing in its highest readership traffic to-date.

Barley Chironda, RPN, CIC, stresses that understanding what motivates health care workers’ actions is crucial for reducing C. diff rates in hospitals.

Glenn Tillotson, PhD, FIDSA, explains how costs associated with Clostridium difficile compare with other problematic health care-associated infections.

Stay up-to-date on the latest infectious disease news by checking out our top 5 articles of the week.

In case you missed them, we've compiled a list of the latest US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalls posted this week.

Marin H. Kollef, MD, explains why Pseudomonas infections are getting harder to treat.

Richard Haupt, MD, MPH, explains why it’s harder to cover adults rather than children when it comes to vaccination.

Edmond Hooker, MD, DrPH, discusses a study that assessed the use of mattress covers in hospitals to cut down on CDI rates.

Barley Chironda, RPN, CIC, discusses why some health care workers are not practicing good hand hygiene and ways to motivate them to do so.

Dr. Richard Vickers, explains how ridinilazole affected the gut microbiome in participants of a phase 2 study.

Stay up-to-date on the latest infectious disease news by checking out our top 5 articles of the week.

In case you missed them, we've compiled a list of the latest US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalls posted this week.

Leonard Sigal, MD, explains his approach for treating patients who may have “Lyme anxiety.”