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CDC Debunks Flu Shot/Pregnancy Misinformation
Fighting off another flu vaccine falsehood, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is not recommending that pregnant women get their doctors’ approval before they “get vaccinated at a worksite clinic, pharmacy, or other location outside of their physician’s office.”
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Internet Trolls Fuel Vaccine Misinformation
In the wake of preventable infectious disease outbreaks and the ensuing controversy about vaccination, social media has become a battlefield of divisive rhetoric, some of it posted just to create the illusion of a “debate” and keep people divided.
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Candida auris Reportable Nationally in 2019
Candida auris is reportable nationwide this year, a move that should boost surveillance of an emerging pathogen that has been primarily confined in three states: New York, New Jersey, and Illinois.
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Candida auris Hides in Reservoir Sites, Moves Across Healthcare Continuum
Multidrug-resistant Candida auris continues to threaten national emergence from endemic areas, finding safe harbor in step-down facilities and moving across the continuum to infect other patients.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Circulation of a Novel Vaccinia Virus in Brazilian Equids; Chopin’s Brandied Heart; The Scent of Malaria
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Antibiotic Decision-Making Between Medical and Surgical Teams
In an observational study conducted at an academic medical center in London, researchers looked at factors involved in decision-making. The presumptive diagnosis of infection by the emergency department (ED) influenced decision-making by both medical and surgical admitting teams. Medical teams tended to use a multidisciplinary approach to antibiotic decision-making. Surgical teams often delegated antibiotic decision-making to the most junior members of the surgical team.
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis 2018
The number of reported cases of acute flaccid myelitis, a paralytic disease of unknown etiology, has increased.
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Preventing Clostridioides difficile Infections: Early De-escalation of Antipseudomonal Antibiotics
Early discontinuation of empirically administered antipseudomonal antibiotics may prevent many cases of Clostridioides difficile infection.
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The Longhorned Tick: Is It Coming to a Place Near You?
A tick that can transmit several infections has been newly identified in the United States.
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Omadacycline Injection and Tablets (Nuzyra)
The FDA has approved a broad-spectrum antibiotic for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia and acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections.