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One of the 7 cases, involving a nonagenarian, proved fatal.
Only 10% of surgical procedures in Brazil involved full compliance with surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) guidelines, according to a new study in the American Journal of Infection Control.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed the diagnosis of three new cases of MERS-CoV in recent days, including one case in an asymptomatic healthcare worker at a hospital in Riyadh. At least three hospitals in Riyadh have reported MERS outbreaks this month.
The plan includes the goal of having the first vaccine doses ready within 3 months of pandemic strain emergence.
The program, approved by residents, was tied to an 89% drop in MRSA over 4 years.
Today the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV related to ongoing outbreaks in three Riyadh hospitals.
A 68-year-old male expatriate who had preexisting disease has died from MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). He acquired the virus as a patient in a hospital.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A study of intensive care unit (ICU) patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, showed high rates of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections, according to a report yesterday in BMC Infectious Diseases.
Patients experienced serious complications and bacterial infections after treatments.
A compound found in soil bacteria may be difficult for mutating bacteria to evade.
Researchers looking for mutations that might make H7N9 avian influenza more easily transmissible among people identified three amino acid changes that would make the virus more likely to bind to human airway receptors. A team of researchers from the United States, including those from The Scripps Research Institute, and the Netherlands reported its findings today in PLoS Pathogens.
Saudi Arabia today reported three more MERS-CoV illnesses linked to ongoing hospital-related outbreaks in Riyadh, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
In addition, Korea, Zimbabwe, and Luxembourg note H5N8, and Libya confirms H7.
Today the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced three new MERS-CoV cases in Riyadh.
Yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said there were three separate hospital-based outbreaks of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) in that city. At least one of the new cases is tied to the hospital outbreaks, but none of the patients are healthcare workers.
A single-center study in Egypt found that nearly two thirds of the Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected from the feces of patients who had community-onset gastrointestinal complaints were extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producers, and 4.4% were carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE).
The hospital clusters involve 23, 6, and 4 cases, with the first two connected by an infected patient.
The WHO says the 2 vaccine-derived clusters in the DRC involve 2 separate strains.
Hospital patients who receive antibiotic treatment may face about a 20% risk of a related adverse event, if the results of a new study from Johns Hopkins University researchers can be generalized.
Nine Brazilian infants with congenital Zika infections developed moderate to severe dysphagia, or problems with swallowing, increasing the risk of aspirating liquids and choking, according to a report yesterday in Emerging Infectious Disease.
In related news, a new study finds that bats harbor thousands of coronaviruses.
