Colleen Hall

Race was associated with anal pap testing, with black, non-Hispanic men having a significantly lower rate of anal pap testing compared with white men.

Higher calculated globulin levels in the setting of HIV viral suppression and high CD4 counts may serve as surrogate markers for immune dysfunction.

The research highlights the importance of prevention, including antimicrobial stewardship.

Although certain behavioral interventions did not work, methods are needed to reduce antibiotic overuse.

Extending antibiotic therapy beyond a week may not be necessary in those patients with cancer and sepsis who present with a lower procalcitonin level at baseline

Town hall at IDWeek 2016 will address supply and demand for HIV physicians.

Watch the videos below that discuss the range of topics at IDWeek 2016 this year.

A huge gap exists between individuals at risk for infection and those who are actually receiving PrEP.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society join forces and will present infectious disease specialists a range of research.

Ramped up efforts to encourage more men who have sex with men to get tested for HIV have made an impact, but rates are still lower than needed.

Sexual transmission is an important route of transmission, health officials said, noting that in New York City a report of female-to-male sexual transmission of Zika virus infection is the first documented case of sexual transmission of Zika from a woman to her sex partner.

Signs of emerging resistance to azithromycin suggests that this drug will be next in the long line of antibiotics to which gonorrhea bacteria have become resistant – a list that includes penicillin, tetracycline, and fluoroquinolones.

The purpose of NHTD is to raise HIV/AIDS awareness and promote HIV testing.

Failure to change or remove contaminated gloves carries a high-risk of healthcare-associated pathogens transmission.

In addition to increased incidence of elevated blood lead levels in children, two major clusters of Legionnaires’ disease occurred since 2014 following a water switch, with 91 reported cases and 12 confirmed deaths to date.

Interview with Bill Gates starts the meeting.

Of the 1,103 patients tested, 40% were treated with antibiotics for gonorrhea and/or chlamydia; of those treated, 76.6% ultimately tested negative for having the STD.

Problems identified in these building-associated outbreaks included inadequate disinfectant levels, human error, and equipment breakdowns

The hepatitis strategy – the first of its kind – introduces the first-ever global targets for viral hepatitis, which include a 30% reduction in new cases of hepatitis B and C by 2020 and a 10% reduction in mortality.

The results showed that the targeted segment of HIV-1 DNA had been excised from the viral genome in every tissue, including the brain, heart, kidney, liver, lungs, spleen, and blood cells.

The researchers explained that they plan to conduct additional community-based research to explore the perceptions of HBV and HCV in at-risk populations and determine where the opportunities for further education and screening exist to ensure earlier cancer detection.

Healthy and Safe Swimming Week begins on May 23, 2016.

In an updated FDA drug safety communication issued today, officials said they approved label changes for oral ketoconazole tablets in 2013 to reflect risks of serious liver damages, adrenal gland problems and drug interactions.

A Philadelphia-based hepatitis specialist recently spoke with Infectious Disease Advisor about current options for hepatitis C management.

Control of type 2 diabetes mellitus is usually advised prior to HCV therapy in order to increase response rates.

A second CDC study, published online this month in Clinical Infectious Diseases, shows that annual hepatitis C-related mortality in 2013 surpassed the total combined number of deaths from 60 other infectious diseases reported to CDC.

Patients depend on their medical team to help them get well, and the first step is making sure healthcare professionals aren’t exposing them to new infections.

All persons offered nPEP should be prescribed a 28 day course of a 3-drug antiretroviral regimen.

These compounded sterile products are used for a variety of indications and are packaged in bags, syringes and cad cassettes.

Vaccine priming against HCV and HIV induced immune response in the body.