Infectious Disease / Microbiology Updates

Prognostic Value of PCR Cycle Threshold Value in Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Iraq, 2022–2023 https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/7/25-1284_article

Cat-Scratch Disease Associated with Acute Hearing Loss, Israel https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/7/26-0592_article

Molecular Epidemiology of Skin-Dwelling Filariae and Risk Factors for Mansonella streptocerca Infection, Gabon https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/7/25-1800_article

Clinical Predictors of Fatal Outcomes from Human Leptospirosis, Thailand, 2015–2024 https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/7/26-0014_article

National Surveillance of Enterovirus D68 Upsurge, France, 2024 https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/7/26-0044_article

[Articles] Global mental health disparities among transgender women and transfeminine people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 63 studies https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(26)00004-4/fulltext?rss=yes This review highlights the disproportionate burden of mental health and substance use challenges among transgender women and transfeminine people living with HIV. Our findings emphasise the crucial need for integrated HIV care models that incorporate routine mental health screening with culturally affirming and trauma-informed interventions. Policies to address structural inequities and to scale up evidence-based strategies to improve mental health and HIV outcomes for this population are also needed.

Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease Linked to Newly Installed Residential Water Heaters, the Netherlands, 2022–2023 https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/7/26-0171_article

Global Survey on the Management of Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative Bacilli: Divergence of Practice Between High-Income Countries and the Rest of the World https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/82/Supplement_5/S105/8699688?rss=1

Efficacy and Safety of Newer Antibiotics Versus Generic Antibiotics for Hospital-Acquired and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/82/Supplement_5/S116/8699689?rss=1

Cerebrospinal Fluid Findings among Patients with Anaplasmosis and Central Nervous Involvement, Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/6/26-0240_article

[Newsdesk] Highlights of ESCMID Global 2026 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(26)00252-5/fulltext?rss=yes The 36th Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases was held in Munich, Germany, from April 17 to 21, 2026. Syeda Saleha Hassan reports.

[Newsdesk] Global vaccination drive reaches 18·3 million children https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(26)00250-1/fulltext?rss=yes Provisional data from a global catch-up immunisation campaign launched in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic show important gains and persistent gaps. Timothy Jesudason reports.

[Newsdesk] Tecovirimat no longer approved for mpox in the EU https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(26)00249-5/fulltext?rss=yes On March 27, 2026, the European Medicines Agency's committee for human medicines recommended that tecovirimat should no longer be used for mpox. Sanjeet Bagcchi reports.

Caballeronia Bacteremia in Children with Cancer, United States https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/6/26-0342_article

Outcomes of Hospitalized and Critically Ill Adults with Murine Typhus, Galveston, Texas, USA, 2019–2023 https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/6/25-1015_article

🦠 Ebola Update WHO has raised the risk of the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DR Congo to VERY HIGH nationally. 🔹 82 confirmed cases, 7 deaths 🔹 ~750 suspected cases, 177 suspected deaths 🔹 No approved vaccine or specific treatment 🔹 2 imported cases reported in Uganda 🔹 Experimental antiviral obeldesivir being evaluated for contacts Regional risk: High | Global risk: Low @Updates_in_Medicine

In Vitro Antifungal Drug Susceptibility of Feline Sporothrix schenckii Complex Isolates, Thailand, 2023–2025 https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/6/26-0135_article

Crusted, Chronic, and Confusing https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/82/5/e1122/8688395?rss=1