In a neonatal intensive care unit in Arizona, five infants and ten health care providers were found to have pertussis during a two month period.
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25 cases of neurologic complications of influenza were reported from Great Britain beginning in 2011. 84% of cases were seen in children. A variety of distinct neurological manifestations were seen. 80% of patients required intensive care, 68% had poor outcomes, and 4 patients (16%) died.
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This study comes from the legacy Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) of almost 7000 men who have sex with men, both HIV-infected and non-HIV, for 3 decades.
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A Cochrane review questions the value of osletamivir and zanamivir in the treatment of influenza virus infections – but the CDC and IDSA disagree. Read More
On March 21, 2014, two new antibiotics with activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) each received unanimous recommendations from FDA Advisory Committees for approval for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) caused by Gram-positive organisms.
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In a sample of New York City immigrants with dilated cardiomyopathy the point prevalence of infection with Trypanosoma cruzi was found to be 13%.
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As this issue went to press a second case of MERS was identified in Florida even as the Indiana case was being discharged in good condition. Here is what was known at press time.
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