This document summarizes updates in infectious diseases from Clostridium difficile infection to new vaccines and antimicrobial agents. It discusses the increasing rates and severity of C. difficile, new diagnostic tests and treatment options including fidaxomicin and stool transplants. New antimicrobial agents for gram-positive infections like daptomycin, linezolid and ceftaroline are mentioned. Brief updates are provided on FDA advisories, vaccines for herpes, shingles, pertussis, pneumococcus and influenza. Recommendations for latent tuberculosis treatment and pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV are also summarized.