SUMMARYDengue is an acute mosquito-borne viral disease that is highly prevalent throughout the tropical world. The geographic footprint of the four dengue viruses (DENV-1 to -4) that cause this disease and their Aedes mosquito vector is expanding, extending into North America and Mediterranean Europe. Furthermore, although dengue has historically been a disease that disproportionately affects children, changing population demographics and increasing travel to and from the tropics have contributed to a growing incidence in adults. Dengue in adults, particularly older adults, brings fresh and complex challenges to case management. Although dengue is now a vaccine-preventable disease, the efficacy profiles of licensed vaccines as well as those in late-stage clinical development suggest that vaccination alone would not fully retard the global expansion of dengue. Other countermeasures, including antiviral drugs, will be needed. This paper reviews the molecular interplay underlying dengue pathogenesis, including from virological and immunological perspectives, which are foundational for developing antiviral therapies and new vaccines. It also reviews the hurdles facing antiviral development and discusses new insights on dengue immunity that can guide the deployment of imperfect vaccines to begin reversing the global burden of dengue.
SUMMARYMany yeast species causing life-threatening invasive infections that were formerly classified in the genus Candida have been reclassified due to their evolutionary and phylogenetic relationships elucidated by DNA sequencing methods that are increasingly using whole genomes. This review explores the evolving taxonomy, epidemiology, and clinical implications of clinically relevant, rare, emerging Candida and Saccharomycotina yeasts that have recently been reclassified from Candida. This article highlights the urgent need for intensified research efforts to enhance knowledge and improve outcomes in the management of infections caused by these yeasts. Communicating results from molecular phylogenetic studies of yeasts, which lead to their reclassification, is of great importance to the medical mycology community to implement such results in clinical practice.
SUMMARYThe penem and carbapenem antibiotics provide some of the broadest spectrum coverage available and generally should only be used when narrower options are unavailable. The majority of available carbapenems can only be administered parenterally, but two orally administered penems (faropenem and sulopenem) and one orally administered carbapenem (tebipenem) are in increased use due to approvals in new markets. These oral agents have a spectrum of activity similar to widely used parenteral carbapenems but are simpler to administer than intravenous agents and will likely experience rapid increases in their rates of use as they are approved in new markets. In this review, we discuss their spectra of activity, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, clinical efficacy, toxicity, antimicrobial stewardship considerations, and potential clinical applications.

