Top 5 Infectious Disease News Stories Week of January 25-February 1
State of Kansas Reports Country’s Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak is currently affecting Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas, with 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County as of January 24. Additionally, 77 latent TB infections have been reported in Wyandotte County and 2 in Johnson County since 2024. […]
Elective Surgery for People With HIV With Low CD4 Count
This case report describes a man in his 60s with hypertension, deep vein thrombosis, and a recent diagnosis of HIV presented with low CD4 cell count after starting antiretroviral therapy with tenofovir alafenamide-emtricitabine-bictegravir. Source link
