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Officials report 5 new infections, expanding the outbreak to 923 cases.
Data from 60 countries reveal a clear geographic distinction in AMR levels.
A new study by pharmacists with a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in upstate New York has found that 40% of the antibiotics prescribed for outpatients were inappropriate. The findings appeared in the American Journal of Infection Control.
In updates for epidemiologic weeks 10 and 11, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced five new cases of MERS-CoV today and over the weekend, including two in Wadi ad-Dawasir, the site of an ongoing hospital-based outbreak.
Clinic visits for flulike illness drop a bit, but other major indicators rise.
A 20th health zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has confirmed its first Ebola case, according to today's update from the ministry of health. A young woman who was a case-contact of patient in Butembo, refused follow-up, and died is the first case-patient recorded in Lubero.
A non-inferiority trial in Australia has determined that intravenous (IV) ceftriaxone at home may be an alternative to IV flucloxacillin in the hospital for children who have cellulitis, according to a study yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Patients must be treated as patients, not as biothreats, MSF head says.
The association held even in people without prior antibiotic use.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) recorded two cases of MERS-CoV in young women from Khamis Mushait in an update to its epidemiologic week 10 report.
The first patient is a 33-year-old woman who is listed as a secondary case, meaning she likely contracted MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) from another sick person. She did not report recent camel contact, the MOH said.
A 2-year multicenter Veterans Administration (VA) retrospective cohort study published yesterday discovered that 5% of patients having outpatient surgeries received antimicrobial prophylaxis longer than 24 hours after surgery, with rates varying by procedure, facility type, and surgical specialty.
MSF calls a revised CEPI policy on vaccine access "toothless and weak."
There are now officially 907 cases of Ebola in the DRC.
Saudi Arabia's steady rise in MERS-CoV cases continued today, with one more illness reported that appears to be part of a hospital outbreak in Wadi ad-Dawasir, according to a Ministry of Health (MOH) update to its epidemiologic week 10 report.
Zika infection in early pregnancy raise the risk of microcephaly 17 times, the study says.
The rate of decline of MRSA bloodstream infections in US hospitals has slowed since 2012.
A University of Toronto study has discovered no connection between adequate empiric antibiotic therapy and cure time for patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by bacteria, suggesting a potential for sparing antibiotics, according to a study yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Scott Gottlieb, MD, announced today that he will resign as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the coming weeks to spend more time with his family.
Also, the virus sickened four more people in Saudi Arabia over the past few days, three from Riyadh.
