It was our first birthday this week! We launched NHS Evidence – infections, as the Infections Specialist Library, on 15th September at Health Protection 2008 and we are sending you this newsletter from our stand at Health Protection 2009.
To match our regular commitment to keep you up to date with the best infections related evidence, news and events, we also have a fitting selection of new developments to show you. Our new homepage went live over the weekend and we have launched our first topic specific page which aims to make it even easier to find ‘the best of the best’ available evidence for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections as well as topic specific links and Annual Evidence Updates. Along with both these pages we have launched our site tutorials (apple) | (windows) and our topic specific page tutorial (apple) | (windows).
As always if you have any comments about the site or our service please let us know at isc@hpa.org.uk. If you are one of our more tech-savvy subscribers, you can also follow our popular twitter feed @NHSE_Infections of updates, news, information and events.
In This Month's Newsletter:
This month's new additions
Gastrointestinal Infections
Healthcare Associated Infections
Hepatitis
HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Respiratory Infections
Travel Associated Infections
Tuberculosis
Vaccine preventable Infections
Upcoming Events
August's Media Report
Remember, this newsletter is only a taster! Visit our site for a comprehensive view of the best evidence and most up-to-date news and events in the field of infections. Please forward this email to other colleagues who might be interested. We welcome all feedback and suggestions for improvement, either via the website or by email.
This Month's New Additions
Every month we list key new resources in the infections specialist collection in each of our eight key categories. Please visit the specialist collection homepage to search the full repository of evidence.
Read the most recent news on swine flu and all other swine flu resources.
Meta-analysis: can Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment reduce the risk for gastric cancer?.
Source: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Antibody-based detection tests for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in children: a meta-analysis.
Source: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Effect of adjunctive loperamide in combination with antibiotics on treatment outcomes in traveler's diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Source: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Healthcare Asociated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance
Daptomycin for endocarditis and/or bacteraemia: a systematic review of the experimental and clinical evidence.
Source: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Early switch to oral treatment in patients with moderate to severe community-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis.
Source: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Hepatitis B immunoglobulin and lamivudine improve hepatitis B-related outcomes after liver transplantation: meta-analysis.
Source: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
A pooled analysis of the effect of condoms in preventing HSV-2 acquisition.
Source: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Better adherence with once-daily antiretroviral regimens: a meta-analysis.
Source: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Moving forward: progress and priorities - working together for high quality sexual health: Government response to the Independent Advisory Group's review of the Sexual Health and HIV Strategy.
Source: Department of Health
Swine flu latest from the NHS.
Source: NHS Choices
Immunizations - seasonal influenza.
Source: Clinical Knowledge Summaries
Effect of adjunctive loperamide in combination with antibiotics on treatment outcomes in traveler's diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Source: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
No new resources added this month
Acetaminophen and ibuprofen for prevention of adverse reactions associated with childhood immunization.
Source: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Metaanalysis of vaccine effectiveness in varicella outbreaks.
Source: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
News was slow this summer as everyone took their holidays. Even so, in keeping with the theme of the summer, August had its fair share of Swine Flu stories. Tens of thousands were reported to be faking swine flu symptoms to stock up on Tamiflu, despite other stories suggesting that it causes sickness and nightmares in children. On the other hand, there was much progress on a Swine flu vaccine as tests showed it was successful.
The E. coli story of this month had been preceeded by another a month ago. Other primates were getting the blame for our illnesses, again! After the previous month's reports of Gorrillas and HIV, this month gave us Chimps and Malaria.
Lastly other summer activities led to the structure of the HIV genome being decoded and teenagers on the beach in Dorset being offered Chlamydia tests in an innovative approach to controlling the spread of STIs.
NHS Evidence - infections, the infections specialist collection, is based at the Centre for Infections, part of the Health Protection Agency in Colindale, London.
NHS Evidence - infections.