July 23rd 2025
CDC reports 11 people sick across 10 states with Salmonella linked to frozen sprouted beans causing diarrhea, fever, and severe illness in vulnerable groups.
In the news this week, the FDA approved the antifungal, isavuconazonium sulfate, which is indicated for children as young as 1 year of age; the continued clinical usefulness of doxycycline; examining infectious disease consults in gram-negative bacteremia; and a clinician utilizes mobile clinics to bring care to marginalized populations.
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Infectious Disease News for This Week
December 8th 2023This week's news looked at the medical and economic burden of AMR, why the implementation of new College of American Pathologists rules presents an opportunity for collaboration between microbiology labs and ID providers, which specific antibiotics showed the greatest associations with adverse drug reaction case reports related to C diff, and how infants with HIV could be spared from requiring lifetime ART if treated within hours of birth.
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Company Recalls Chocolate, Issues a Product Mislabeling Advisory for Potential Allergy Risk
December 6th 2023The Manischewitz corporation issued the voluntary effort on some limited units of their dark chocolate coins and should be considered for people who have a milk allergy or are severely sensitive to it.
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The Latest In Infectious Disease
December 1st 2023This week's news includes a Massachusetts hospital facing a lawsuit for potential HIV and hepatitis exposure, a study shows reduced mortality rates in combining vancomycin and cefazolin in patients with bloodstream infections, a PCR-based rapid test can de-escalate antibiotic therapy quicker for bloodstream infections, and how the implementation of new College of American Pathologists rules presents an opportunity for collaboration between clinical microbiology laboratories and infectious disease pharmacists and physicians.
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Analyzing Microbiome Diversity and Secondary Bile Acid Synthesis Following SER-109 Administration
November 20th 2023A study demonstrates the microbiome changes and how restoration of the gut flora is warranted when patients are dealing with recurrent bouts of the health care-associated infection.
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This Week's Biggest Infectious Disease Stories
November 17th 2023This week we covered antibiotic de-escalation, the approved fecal microbiota options for prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile, the CDC's recommendations for HCV testing in the pediatric populations, and examining pragmatic approaches to skin and soft tissue Infections.
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This Week's Biggest Infectious Disease News
November 10th 2023This week read about virus testing, the dosing of one of the COVID-19 vaccines in the pediatric population, HAI grades in hospitals, and live biotherapeutic products in preventing recurrent CDI in older adults with comorbidities.
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In this week's news, CDC sent out a health advisory to change the prescribing recommendations for the newer preventative respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) monoclonal antibody; a clinician discusses the ongoing challenges presented with critically ill patients and the timing and scope of antibiotic prescribing practices; and antidepressants were associated with a greater risk of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
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The Week in Infectious Disease
October 1st 2023Check out important news you might have missed including the expanded indication for remdesivir to those with severe hepatic impairment; a small study shows that SARS-CoV-2 infects coronary arteries and increases plaque Inflammation; and some antibiotics are associated with C diff Infection.
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2 Antibiotics Show Similar Efficacy for Healthcare-Associated Infection
September 27th 2023Patients treated with oral metronidazole experienced significantly more first-line drug changes compared to those on fidaxomicin; although there were no significant differences observed in the global or clinical cure rate between the 2 treatments.
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This Week's Top 5 Biggest Infectious Disease Stories
September 24th 2023In this week's news, learn about a nurse practitioner's experience as both someone who has battled C diff herself and treated patients with the bacterial infection; a new investigational platform for COVID-19 vaccines; and how chronic hepatitis D is identified as the most severe and progressive form of viral hepatitis.
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