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Clin Infect Dis ; 78(5): 1214-1221, 2024 May 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38381586

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae, often associated with wounds, can rarely cause infective endocarditis (IE). Five patients with C. diphtheriae IE were identified within 12 months at a Seattle-based hospital system. We reviewed prior C. diphtheriae-positive cultures to determine if detections had increased over time and evaluated epidemiologic trends. METHODS: We conducted a formal electronic health record search to identify all patients aged ≥18 years with C. diphtheriae detected in a clinical specimen (ie, wound, blood, sputum) between 1 September 2020 and 1 April 2023. We collected patient demographics, housing status, comorbidities, substance-use history, and level of medical care required at detection. We extracted laboratory data on susceptibilities of C. diphtheriae isolates and on other pathogens detected at the time of C. diphtheriae identification. RESULTS: Between 1 September 2020 and 1 April 2023, 44 patients (median age, 44 years) had a C. diphtheriae-positive clinical culture, with most detections occurring after March 2022. Patients were predominantly male (75%), White (66%), unstably housed (77%), and had a lifetime history of injecting drugs (75%). Most C. diphtheriae-positive cultures were polymicrobial, including wound cultures from 36 (82%) patients and blood cultures from 6 (14%) patients, not mutually exclusive. Thirty-four patients (77%), including all 5 patients with C. diphtheriae IE, required hospital admission for C. diphtheriae or a related condition. Of the 5 patients with IE, 3 died of IE and 1 from COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest a high-morbidity outbreak disproportionately affecting patients who use substances and are unstably housed.


Assuntos
Corynebacterium diphtheriae , Difteria , Humanos , Masculino , Adulto , Feminino , Washington/epidemiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Corynebacterium diphtheriae/isolamento & purificação , Difteria/epidemiologia , Difteria/microbiologia , Endocardite Bacteriana/epidemiologia , Endocardite Bacteriana/microbiologia , Adulto Jovem , Idoso , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Endocardite/microbiologia , Endocardite/epidemiologia
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AIDS Behav ; 27(9): 3053-3063, 2023 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36929320

RESUMO

Kenyan gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) face stigma and discrimination, which may adversely impact mental health and limit antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among GBMSM living with HIV. We evaluated whether the Shikamana peer-and-provider intervention, which improved ART adherence among participants in a small randomized trial, was associated with changes in mental health or substance use. The intervention was associated with a significant decrease in PHQ-9 score between baseline and month 6 (estimated change - 2.7, 95% CI - 5.2 to - 0.2, p = 0.037) compared to standard care. In an exploratory analysis, each one-point increment in baseline HIV stigma score was associated with a - 0.7 point (95% CI - 1.3 to - 0.04, p = 0.037) greater decrease in PHQ-9 score over the study period in the intervention group. Additional research is required to understand factors that influence this intervention's effects on mental health outcomes.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV , Minorias Sexuais e de Gênero , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias , Humanos , Masculino , Antirretrovirais/uso terapêutico , Depressão/tratamento farmacológico , Depressão/epidemiologia , Depressão/psicologia , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia , Infecções por HIV/psicologia , Homossexualidade Masculina/psicologia , Quênia/epidemiologia , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/epidemiologia , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/psicologia , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto
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Emerg Infect Dis ; 27(1)2021 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33075274

RESUMO

We describe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among US food manufacturing and agriculture workers and provide updated information on meat and poultry processing workers. Among 742 food and agriculture workplaces in 30 states, 8,978 workers had confirmed COVID-19; 55 workers died. Racial and ethnic minority workers could be disproportionately affected by COVID-19.


Assuntos
Agricultura , COVID-19/epidemiologia , COVID-19/transmissão , Indústria Alimentícia , SARS-CoV-2 , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia , Adulto Jovem
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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep ; 69(27): 887-892, 2020 Jul 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32644986

RESUMO

Meat and poultry processing facilities face distinctive challenges in the control of infectious diseases, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (1). COVID-19 outbreaks among meat and poultry processing facility workers can rapidly affect large numbers of persons. Assessment of COVID-19 cases among workers in 115 meat and poultry processing facilities through April 27, 2020, documented 4,913 cases and 20 deaths reported by 19 states (1). This report provides updated aggregate data from states regarding the number of meat and poultry processing facilities affected by COVID-19, the number and demographic characteristics of affected workers, and the number of COVID-19-associated deaths among workers, as well as descriptions of interventions and prevention efforts at these facilities. Aggregate data on confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths among workers identified and reported through May 31, 2020, were obtained from 239 affected facilities (those with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 case in one or more workers) in 23 states.* COVID-19 was confirmed in 16,233 workers, including 86 COVID-19-related deaths. Among 14 states reporting the total number of workers in affected meat and poultry processing facilities (112,616), COVID-19 was diagnosed in 9.1% of workers. Among 9,919 (61%) cases in 21 states with reported race/ethnicity, 87% occurred among racial and ethnic minority workers. Commonly reported interventions and prevention efforts at facilities included implementing worker temperature or symptom screening and COVID-19 education, mandating face coverings, adding hand hygiene stations, and adding physical barriers between workers. Targeted workplace interventions and prevention efforts that are appropriately tailored to the groups most affected by COVID-19 are critical to reducing both COVID-19-associated occupational risk and health disparities among vulnerable populations. Implementation of these interventions and prevention efforts† across meat and poultry processing facilities nationally could help protect workers in this critical infrastructure industry.


Assuntos
Infecções por Coronavirus/epidemiologia , Surtos de Doenças , Indústria de Processamento de Alimentos , Doenças Profissionais/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Viral/epidemiologia , Adulto , Animais , COVID-19 , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Carne , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pandemias , Aves Domésticas , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia
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Elife ; 102021 04 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33871357

RESUMO

In 2016/2017, Washington State experienced a mumps outbreak despite high childhood vaccination rates, with cases more frequently detected among school-aged children and members of the Marshallese community. We sequenced 166 mumps virus genomes collected in Washington and other US states, and traced mumps introductions and transmission within Washington. We uncover that mumps was introduced into Washington approximately 13 times, primarily from Arkansas, sparking multiple co-circulating transmission chains. Although age and vaccination status may have impacted transmission, our data set could not quantify their precise effects. Instead, the outbreak in Washington was overwhelmingly sustained by transmission within the Marshallese community. Our findings underscore the utility of genomic data to clarify epidemiologic factors driving transmission and pinpoint contact networks as critical for mumps transmission. These results imply that contact structures and historic disparities may leave populations at increased risk for respiratory virus disease even when a vaccine is effective and widely used.


Assuntos
Surtos de Doenças , Vírus da Caxumba/fisiologia , Caxumba/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Surtos de Doenças/estatística & dados numéricos , Genoma Viral , Humanos , Lactente , Micronésia/etnologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Caxumba/transmissão , Caxumba/virologia , Vírus da Caxumba/genética , Washington/epidemiologia , Adulto Jovem
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