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Global Health Officials Announce Updated Name for Monkeypox
The traditional name will be phased out in favor of “mpox.”
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Limiting Testing in Febrile Young Infants with Abnormal Urinalyses
According to a 26-site study, febrile infants younger than 2 months of age who have abnormal urinalyses are at very low risk of having meningitis and might not necessarily need to be subjected to lumbar puncture.
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Severe Monkeypox
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has summarized 57 cases of individuals hospitalized with severe monkeypox, most of whom were immunocompromised men and a number of whom had delayed initiation of antiviral therapy.
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Genital Herpes — No Longer Just HSV-2 as HSV-1 Makes its Move
Viral shedding after a first episode of genital herpes simplex virus type 1, which is gradually replacing herpes simplex virus type 2 as the major cause of genital infection, occurred in 12.1% at weeks 8-12 and decreased to 7.1% at the end of one year.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Animal Reservoirs for Human Infection; Novel Rat-Derived HEV Infection in Humans; Household Contamination with Monkeypox
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Better Diagnostics Equals Fewer Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescriptions
Researchers credit diagnostic stewardship as the top reason for an impressive reduction in needless antibiotic prescriptions.
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Kindergarten Vaccine Rates: Post-COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption in healthcare delivery for everyone. Schools continue to struggle to meet the Healthy People 2030 Nationwide target of ≥ 95% coverage for measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination in kindergarteners, and COVID-19 did not help. Remarkably, the nationwide vaccine rate for children entering kindergarten in the 2020-2021 school year was decreased by only 1% for all vaccines compared with the previous year.
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Rehospitalization Common in Herpes Encephalitis
Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the most common cause of infectious encephalitis in the United States, accounting for around 30% of all causes of infectious encephalitis in the United States. With the advent of antiviral therapy and improved diagnostic measures, mortality and morbidity have improved over the past few decades, but patients remain at risk for long-term neurologic sequelae and even relapse.
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U.S. Endemic Fungal Infection Surveillance
In the United States in 2019, 29,061 cases of coccidioidomycosis were reported, as were 1,124 cases of histoplasmosis and 240 of blastomycosis.
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CDC Warning: Enterovirus-D68 Re-Emerging and Once Again Raising the Specter of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is receiving increasing reports of pediatric infections with enterovirus-D68, which previously has been associated with the development of acute flaccid myelitis.