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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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March 2024

Bacterial viability in dry-surface biofilms in healthcare facilities 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.11.004

Cognitive dysfunction after COVID-19 10.1136/bmj-2023-075387

The effect of the urban exposome on COVID-19 health outcomes 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117351

Emerging enterovirus A71 subgenogroup B5 causing severe hand, foot, and mouth disease, Vietnam, 2023 10.3201/eid3002.231024

Episodic disability questionnaire (EDQ) measurement properties among adults living with HIV in Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, and United States 10.1186/s12879-023-08958-7

Expanded T lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients are specific for Epstein-Barr-virus-infected B cells 10.1073/pnas.231585712

Favipiravir for treating COVID‐19 (new Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD015219.pub2

First global report about the prevalence of multi-drug resistant Haemophilus influenzae 10.1186/s12879-023-08930-5

Impact of antibiotic exposure on antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolation in intensive care unit patients 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.11.002

Measles outbreaks: Investing in patient relationships through GP continuity will be key to boosting MMR confidence 10.1136/bmj.q221

Oral simnotrelvir for adult patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 10.1056/NEJMoa2301425

Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal viruses among children hospitalized in Brazil 10.1542/peds.2023-064326

Relationship between human papillomavirus and serum vitamin D levels 10.1186/s12879-024-09006-8

SARS-CoV-2 shedding and evolution in patients who were immunocompromised during the omicron period 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00336-1

SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and neuroimmunological disease 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.5208

SARS-CoV-2 viral clearance and evolution varies by type and severity of immunodeficiency 10.1126/scitranslmed.adk1599

Sink interventions in the ICU to reduce risk of infection or colonization with Gram-negative pathogens 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.10.011

Success from the South: the rotavirus vaccine story and its lessons 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02520-5

Syphilis complicating pregnancy and congenital syphilis 10.1056/NEJMra2202762

Tuberculosis (updated NICE guideline NG33)

When the answer is a maybe: a retrospective review of indeterminate SARS-CoV-2 results and their associations 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.07.004

Sources used: BMC Infectious Diseases (Jan); BMJ (1st Feb); Cochrane Library (Jan-Feb); Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb); Environmental Research (Jan); JAMA (Jan); Journal of Hospital Infection (Jan-Feb); Lancet, The (6th-12th Jan); Lancet Microbe, The (Jan); NEJM (18th Jan); NICE website (Jan-Feb); Pediatrics (Jan); PNAS (Jan); Science Translational Research (Jan) 

January 2024

An atlas of continuous adaptive evolution in endemic human viruses DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.09.012

Antiviral combination therapies for persistent COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.09.021

Different antibiotic treatments for group A streptococcal pharyngitis (updated Cochrane intervention review) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004406.pub6

Epidemiology and outcomes of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infections DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.09.008

Estimates of the global burden of Congenital Rubella Syndrome, 1996-2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.09.003

Estimating the global impact of rotavirus vaccines on child mortality DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.10.005

Fossil-fuel pollution and climate change: waterborne diseases that are sensitive to climate variability and climate change DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra2300794

Global prevalence of respiratory virus infections in adults and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.10.001

Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems in healthcare DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.08.012

Masks during pandemics caused by respiratory pathogens—evidence and implications for action DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.39443

Mental health: the invisible effects of neglected tropical diseases DOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-02973-z

National public health response to an outbreak of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae among asylum seekers in England, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00175-5

Nirmatrelvir combined with ritonavir for preventing and treating COVID‐19 (updated Cochrane intervention review) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD015395.pub3

Potential population-level effectiveness of one-dose HPV vaccination in low- and middle-income countries DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00180-9

Predictors for onset of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli-induced bacteraemia DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.09.017

Quantitative errors in the Cochrane review on "Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses" (preprint)

Scoping review on the efficacy of filter and germicidal technologies for capture and inactivation of micro-organisms and viruses DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.08.026

Suspected acute respiratory infection in over 16s: assessment at first presentation and initial management (updated NICE guideline NG237)

Who should be screened for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales and when?  DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.09.018

Sources used: Cell Host and Microbe (Oct); Cochrane Library (Nov); International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Dec); JAMA Network Open (Oct); Journal of Hospital Infection (Nov, Dec); Lancet Public Health, The (Oct); Nature Outlook: Neglected Tropical Diseases (Oct); NEJM (7th Dec); NICE website (Nov); Research Square (Oct)