Division of Infectious Diseases Archive — Page 10 of 14
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May 31, 2018
Team seeks to shed light on rare immune-mediated adverse drug reaction
Thirty years ago when she was 16, Katie Niemeyer was prescribed carbamazepine for depression. Three weeks later she was in a St. Louis, Missouri, burn unit with second and third degree burns all over her body. “My parents were told the chances of me surviving were slim,” she said. -
May 23, 2018
Evolution of a deadly virus
Genomic sequences have revealed that Florida is a major source of a mosquito-borne virus that causes disease in horses and humans. -
May 7, 2018
Records point to drug-drug interaction
Patients who take a cholesterol-lowering statin drug while taking the antibiotic daptomycin have increased risk of developing muscle weakness or a more severe form of muscle damage. -
May 3, 2018
LEAP Fellowship bolsters Staub’s antimicrobial stewardship research
Infectious Disease fellow Milner Staub, MD, is among the first awardees of the Leadership in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Public health (LEAP) Fellowship. -
April 12, 2018
Alpha-gal found to be both a medication and red meat allergy
Alpha-gal allergy has commonly been referred to as “the red meat” allergy, but doctors at the Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program (ASAP) helped uncover that not only red meat, but some medications, can contain alpha-gal. -
March 22, 2018
Grant bolsters study of potential new therapy for C. diff infection
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2011 in the United States there were almost half a million Clostridium difficile infections, and one in 11 patients 65 or older with a healthcare-associated C. diff infection died within 30 days of diagnosis. -
March 1, 2018
Older adults less likely to receive flu tests: study
An influenza diagnosis for people 65 and older is serious. Up to 85 percent of influenza-related deaths occur in older adults, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention reports.