Nicola M. Parry, BVSc, MRCVS, MSc, DACVP, ELS

Vascular graft infections are serious complications of reconstructive vascular surgery that may increase patients’ morbidity and mortality.

As knowledge and awareness of rising antimicrobial resistance increase, clinicians must continue to adopt strategies for improving antibiotic use.

A recent report has described a case of wound infection with the bacterium Burkholderia thailandensis in a woman in Arkansas.

Study suggests that clinicians should perform confirmatory allergy testing on patients with reported penicillin allergies as an important feature of antimicrobial stewardship.

A recent study has shown that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H7N9) virus is spreading westward from southern and eastern China.

Experts need to be ready to respond to outbreaks of emerging mosquito-borne diseases in the United States.

More than 2 million cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis were diagnosed in 2016, the highest number of those sexually transmitted infections (STIs) ever reported.

Coordinated efforts with health departments at the local and state levels are protecting individuals by stopping the spread of new and unusual types of antibiotic resistance throughout the United States.

The first documentation of the east Asian tick Haemaphysalis longicornis in the United States has been described in a recent study.

A recent study finds that daily antituberculosis therapy is more effective than a thrice-weekly regimen among HIV-positive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

A recent study finds that outbreaks of Valley fever have a wider geographic distribution than previously thought.

A recent report documents the first recorded case of a human infestation with the cattle eyeworm Thelazia gulosa.

E. Canadensis tapeworms may be under-recognized in the United States.

A new article suggests that in order to combat antibiotic resistance in lower- and middle-income countries, particular attention needs to be paid to emerging One Health challenges.

A recent study from the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute shows that human adenovirus type 4 may be an underestimated cause of acute respiratory disease among adults.

In a recent Association of Health Care Journalists webcast, 2 experts discussed the growing challenge of antibiotic resistance, and highlighted current and emerging strategies to reduce this major public health threat.

The expansion in tick populations has led to an increased risk of infection for humans and animals with both established tick-borne agents and newly recognized ones, creating a serious One Health problem.

Despite the increase in the number of human infections with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus during the fifth epidemic in China, a new study suggests no change in the risk of transmission of the virus among humans over time.

Single-dose tinidazole is the best available treatment for giardiasis in children and adults, a new study shows.

A recent study finds that prolonged infusion of antipseudomonal β-lactams in patients with sepsis was associated with significantly less mortality when compared with short-term infusion.

Treatment with a protease inhibitor plus raltegravir was found to offer no benefit over a protease inhibitor plus nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor regimen in patients with HIV.

A new study has shown that women with schistosomiasis are at greater risk for HIV infection.

Pandemic influenza virus strains easily infect humans and spread from person-to-person in an efficient and sustained way. With no immunity to the novel virus and no vaccine to protect against it, what will the United States do?

New tests continue to evolve that offer greater sensitivity than current methods.

A recent study has shown that, compared with other antibiotics, tetracyclines may be associated with a reduced risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).