Tag: Infections: Misc.
Treatment Guidelines Lacking for Molluscum Contagiosum in HIV+
Poor quality of studies prevents development of specific treatment recommendations
FDA Allows Use of Investigational Zika Test for Blood Donations
But agency still asks those who've possibly been exposed to the virus to forgo giving blood right now
Many Don’t Know Key Facts About Zika Virus Transmission
Overall, 31 percent of respondents believe that Zika is transmitted through coughing and sneezing
Entry Receptor for Zika Virus Identified in Brain, Retina
AXL highly expressed by human radial glia, brain capillaries, and microglia in developing human cortex
Standard Precautions Advised in Labor & Delivery to Prevent Zika
CDC recommends use of Standard Precautions in all health care settings to prevent Zika transmission
Genome Sequencing IDs Time of Zika’s Arrival in the Americas
Findings suggest one person carried the virus to the region in 2013
Alterations in Eye Microbiota Linked to Contact Lenses
Whether this increases risk for infection isn't clear
Wrestling Wins for Most High School Athletic Skin Infections
Overall rate of skin infections is 2.27 per 100,000 athlete exposures; mostly bacterial and tinea
Rate of Transmission of Clostridium difficile Quantified
Hospitalized patients with CDI transmit C. difficile at rate 15 times higher than asymptomatic carriers
CDC: 116 Travel-Associated Zika Cases in U.S. So Far This Year
Nearly all had a probable link to travel to a Zika-endemic area outside the United States, agency says
