UPDATE on INFECTIOUS DISEASES

NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE CHANGING PATIENT CARE

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CMV vaccine…Outpatient PID therapy…C-section healing in the obese…2 useful antibiotics now unavailable

Professor and Residency Program Director,
Associate Dean for Student Affairs,
University of Florida College of Medicine,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine,  Gainesville, Fla

For the 2006 Update, I have chosen to focus on 3 important new clinical reports that stand to improve patient care, and another development that necessitates a change in how we treat gonorrhea in pregnant women:

CMV vaccine. A new immunologic agent for the treatment and prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is extremely promising. Until now, no consistently effective therapy for this serious congenital infection has been identified.