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Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A large chunk of cases are from 2 big outbreaks in and around New York City.
Experts say the outbreak likely began as far back as April 2018 and that nosocomial transmission played a big role in early spread.
The World Health Organization (WHO) polio emergency committee met for the 21st time last week and unanimously agreed that the spread of polio still remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) under International Health Regulations.
The WHO warns that a decline in the rate of cases should be interpreted with extreme caution.
A group of patients in Inner Mongolia likely represent the first identified human cases of a new tick-borne illness, Alongshan virus (ALSV), which belongs to the jingmenvirus group in the flavivirus family. A description of ALSV and these cases was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A multicenter study looking at total durations of antibiotic exposure related to hospitalization indicates that more than a third of hospital-related antibiotic exposure occurs after patients are discharged from the hospital, researchers from Duke and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported yesterday in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The Bactrian camels had similar infection and shedding patterns as dromedaries.
Experts say two new reports provide deeper insight into how and why antibiotics are being used in US agriculture.
In the past 5 months, the WHO has recorded 174 attacks on clinics and health workers, killing 5 and injuring 51.
In global developments, European officials warn of a growing gap in vaccine coverage, and the WHO certifies measles and rubella elimination in Bahrain, Oman, and Iran.
Federal health officials and their state partners are investigating an Escherichia coli O126 outbreak linked to flour sold at Aldi stores in 11 states in the eastern part of the country. So far, 17 illnesses have been reported in eight states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a May 24 outbreak announcement.
The outbreak total grew by 11 cases today, reaching a total of 1,888 infections.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday provided new details in the investigation into a Salmonella Concord outbreak linked to imported tahini. No new illnesses have been reported, and the total stands at four infected people in three states. One patient has been hospitalized. The latest illness onset was Mar 23.
Yesterday member states at the World Health Assembly (WHA)—the annual meeting of the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO)—adopted a resolution calling for continued high-level commitments to implement and adequately fund multisectoral national action plans addressing antimicrobial resistance, the WHO said in a news release.
"An enhanced UN-wide response is required. . . . We have no time to lose," says David Gressly.
Sepsis patients who received a slightly higher emergency department (ED) triage score received antibiotics faster, a crucial step for survival, researchers from Intermountain Medical Center reported yesterday at the American Thoracic Society annual meeting under way in Dallas.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday closed its investigation into a multistate Salmonella outbreak tied to frozen tuna after confirming two new cases.
Two strategies—handshake stewardship and diagnostic stewardship—rose to the top.
