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Carbapenems, penicillins, quinolones, macrolides and ketolides, and the newest cephalosporins were among the antibiotics that a World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel yesterday rated as "critically important" for human medicine of highest priority in limiting their use in food animals to combat resistance to the drugs.
The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) yesterday issued a public health alert over the risk of Salmonella infection related to preparing and consuming whole hogs for pig roasts, after investigation into a recent outbreak in Washington state linked illnesses to Kapowsin Meats for a second year in a row.
Only 2.7% of 443 samples from recovered patients, health workers, and others had high enough antibody levels.
The VRE harbored a gene that can confer resistance to other types of bacteria.
As officials probe the source of the infection, mosquito control activities are under way in the area and Zika kits are being distributed.
Researchers found the virus in Aedes mosquitoes near the homes of patients in southern Mexico, and another team found that two species commonly found in the US aren't likely to spread the disease.
Hospital-acquired and ventilator-related pneumonia get a 7-day course, IDSA says.
After a quiet 3 months, France is reporting avian flu activity in the southwestern part of the country, according to Avian Flu Diary, an infectious disease blog. The 2 new outbreaks raise the total number of French outbreaks to 79 since November of 2015.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported another outbreak of Salmonella linked to live poultry in backyard flocks, with 287 new cases and 10 previously unaffected states reporting infections. Those cases nearly double the 324 that the CDC reported on Jun 2.
The plan would ensure sustainable global access while combating resistance.
Artesunate-mefloquine was as effective as the popular artemether-lumefantrine combo therapy.
How spread occurred is unresolved, but high virus levels might be a factor.
In the latest round of lab studies to pinpoint how Zika virus infects and causes birth defects in fetuses, researchers today reported several new clues related to the route and timing of infection, differences between the two viral strains, and even an antibiotic with the potential to block some of the damage.
After a woman returned to the US from a Zika-affected area, a single act of intercourse likely transmitted the virus.
Data from 2014 showed that resistance to the antibiotic azithromycin quadrupled from 2013.
In its weekly yellow fever situation report, the World Health Organization (WHO) today noted 73 more cases of the disease in Angola, bringing that country's suspected cases to 3,625.
Cameroon's recent outbreak is its first since 2006 and signals southern movement of the virus, the FAO said.
Also, studies explore Zika-dengue antibody dynamics and co-infections with chikungunya.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV today that is not related to the current outbreak that began at the King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh.
The MOH said a 86-year-old Saudi man from Al Aflaj is in stable condition after having symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). This is the second case since May in Al Aflaj, located in the central part of the country.
The microcephaly case is the 4th in a US state, and the CDC says Olympic travel poses a low Zika risk.
