Michaela Fleming

A team of investigators from Indiana University set out to examine levels of PrEP awareness among black men in a rural midwestern city to identify barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake and access.

Investigators at Northeastern conducted a trial that evaluated if a video series designed for the viewer to identify with characters and “transport” themselves into the storyline lead to an increase in HIV testing.

An online survey found that people living with HIV who had lower incomes are at a higher risk for household material hardships and poorer health outcomes.

Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicates that ground beef is the likely source of the outbreak. The current hospitalization rate is 89%.

Gepotidacin, a potential first-in-class antibiotic, will be evaluated for the treatment of uUTIs and urogenital gonorrhea in the EAGLE studies.

Both organizations will invest $100 million to develop and advance candidate gene-based cures for HIV and sickle cell disease to clinical trials within 10 years.

According to the WHO’s latest Global TB Report, more than 7 million individuals received treatment for the disease in 2018, but funding gaps could stall progress toward ending TB by 2030.

Scientists from the National Institutes of Health are hopeful that diluting a dose of the VSV vaccine could be efficacious and stretch vaccine supplies even further.

Pooled analysis linked baseline demographics, including lower CD4 count, higher HIV-1 RNA, no history of injection drug use, female sex, and black race, to weight gain following ART initiation.

Elizabeth Hirsch, PharmD, and Delaney Hart, PharmD, discuss their poster at IDWeek 2019.

As of October 8, 2019, a total of 21 individuals have been infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella across 13 states.

HIV testing rates have improved among men who have sex with men in Africa, but new research indicates the developments are not enough to meet the UNAID’s 90-90-90 targets.

University of Illinois at Chicago investigators compared virologic failure among MSM and transgender women receiving HIV care at a community-based model with those receiving care at a hospital-based model.

In the absence of interpretive criteria, Fosfomycin has been used to treat Psuedomonas aeruginosa infections, but new research suggests that this option should be evaluated further.

The announcement came just 1 day after health officials in New York State declared the end of the Rockland County measles outbreak.

For individuals living with HIV, switching suppressive HIV regimens may be considered for a variety of reasons including treatment simplification, improved safety and tolerability, drug-drug interactions, or cost.

ART-related medication errors can occur and lead to suboptimal therapy and in some cases treatment resistance.

Approximately ≥60% of men who have sex with men (MSM) find sexual partners via the internet, primarily through Grindr, which is the most popular dating app among MSM.

The study investigators conclude that U=U awareness seems to be improving among GBMSM, with HIV-negative individuals making the most progress.

A team of investigators set out to evaluate if administering CMV HIG to women with primary CMV infection during pregnancy could reduce congenital infections.

A new study demonstrated a high prevalence of ESBL among Klebsiella isolates mainly from fish effluents and diarrheal stool samples. Overall, there was an ESBL positive rate of 24%.

In order to overcome the barriers to HIV care, it is important for both patients and health care professionals to mutually agree that a particular strategy is useful.

Two late breaker abstracts at IDWeek 2019 provide an in-depth analysis of the 2018-19 measles outbreaks in the state of New York.

While hospital-onset SAB accounted for about 1 in 10 cases, it is associated with 182% higher complication rate and 144% higher mortality than community-onset infections.

The phase 1/2 trial of a prime-boost vaccine to prevent chronic HCV infection was completed in an at-risk population of in people who inject drugs.

A team of investigators set out to evaluate whether TORC1 inhibitor RTB101 could increase antiviral gene expression and decrease the incidence of RTIs in older adults.

Microarray patches could be key to providing a self-delivery system, that is also discreet, to administer HIV prevention and contraception to women in low-resource settings.

In a new study, a team of investigators set out to determine if oritavancin use can reduce the sequelae from ABSSSI treatment failures, while also preventing infection recurrences and improving patient outcomes.

Investigators assessed rates of all-cause mortality at Day 14 for Cefiderocol and meropenem in patients with nosocomial gram-negative pneumonia.

Investigators assessed 90-day all-cause mortality between patients with Candida bloodstream infections who did and did not receive an infectious disease consultation.