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Though success has been shown in only 2 patients, recruitment of more patients is under way.
Officials have confirmed 105 cases so far in April, and 1,186 in the outbreak to date.
A multistate Escherichia coli O103 outbreak from a still-unidentified source has sickened 24 more people, with 96 cases reported so far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday. The number of affected states remained at five: Kentucky (46 cases), Tennessee (26), Georgia (17), Ohio (5), and Virginia (2).
DRC officials report 14 new cases and the community death of a health worker.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday reported three more MERS-CoV cases, including another case in Khafji in the northeastern part of the country. Officials also confirmed cases in Riyadh and Najran.
A study yesterday in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy describes the detection of MCR-1-carrying Escherichia coli in three liver transplant patients at a New York City hospital.
The outbreak has now reached 1,154 cases, including 731 deaths, for a 63% death rate.
New study shows that children with acute respiratory infections were more likely to receive an antibiotic via telemedicine.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded 78 more measles cases in the last week, a sign that ongoing outbreaks in several states are growing.
The 2019 total number of cases has jumped to 465 in 19 states, as Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Nevada all reported their first cases of the year last week.
Patients range in age from 1 to 74 years, but at least half are children.
Officials note 10 new cases, and deaths top 700.
The flu season has now extended for 19 weeks, and pediatric flu deaths hit 82.
The Maryland State Senate and House of Delegates yesterday passed bills to strengthen a state law that restricts the routine use of antibiotics in animals that aren't sick.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported two more MERS-CoV cases in Khafji, more evidence suggesting the city may be the site of a household or healthcare cluster. These are the sixth and seventh cases reported in Khafji since Mar 29.
The cases raise outbreak totals to 1,107, including 695 deaths, and 160 cases have occurred in the past 3 weeks.
Forty-two percent of the nursing homes enrolled in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) met all seven of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship in 2016, CDC researchers reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported three more MERS-CoV cases, all secondary infections in Khafji where two other cases were recently reported, potentially signifying a household or healthcare cluster.
Admission to an Ebola treatment unit was tied to a 38% drop in secondary cases.
The authors didn't expect such rapid evolution and exchange of genes.
