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Rotavirus Vaccine and Intussusception
Using active surveillance, researchers enrolled 717 infants with intussusception from sub-Saharan Africa. The risk of intussusception was no higher in those who received the monovalent rotavirus vaccine than in non-immunized infants.
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Antibiotic Use in Infancy Associated With Allergic Disease During Childhood
In a large population-based study, antibiotic use during the first six months of life was associated with a two-fold increase in asthma and a 1.5-fold increase in allergic disease during early childhood.
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Joint Commission Looking at High-level Disinfection
Infection preventionists who have oversight or consulting work with community health centers should be aware that The Joint Commission is zeroing in on high-level disinfection problems in these settings. -
Post-endoscopy Infections in Outpatient Surgery
Post-endoscopic infections are more common than previously thought, and vary widely by ambulatory surgical facility, researchers report. -
Seeking Vaccines for HAIs
The problem is like the one encountered in the search for a universal influenza vaccine, where researchers are trying to recreate an immune response that the human body has not mounted in nature. -
NICU MRSA Surveillance: Seek, Find, Then What?
An effective MRSA surveillance program in a NICU needs to address a question of balance. -
The Next Wave: Diagnostic Stewardship
On the heels of the antibiotic stewardship movement, there is a new push to rein in and refine the use of diagnostics to detect healthcare-associated infections. -
CDC Hammering Out Healthcare Worker Infection Control Guidelines
Comprehensively updating an infection control guideline that is two decades old, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently is immersed in an immense draft and review process that will include an “out of the box” rethinking of occupational exposures. -
Misidentification of Fungus Delays Outbreak Response
Infection preventionists should ensure their labs have the diagnostic capabilities to detect multidrug-resistant Candida auris, which often is misidentified as less pathogenic fungi.
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Emerging Fungus Hard to Detect, Treat, Remove
A highly drug-resistant yeast continues to emerge in the U.S. healthcare system, spreading to 11 states and threatening frail patients with fatal bloodstream infections.