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Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that molecular-based diagnostic tests for the detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) may predict treatment response better than traditional drug susceptibility testing (DST) methods.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) identified a new case of MERS-CoV in Jeddah today and said a patient identified earlier this week has died from complications of the virus.
A 44-year-old female expatriate in Jeddah is in stable condition after being diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The source of her infection is listed as a secondary household contact.
The latest outbreak affects a farm housing almost 400,000 poultry.
Scientists report the first detection of MCR-4, as well as MCR-3 in Denmark and Italy.
Early, appropriate antibiotics did not appear to improve patient outcomes.
A research letter in Nature yesterday said that up to 40% of all animal deaths in the Ivory Coast's Tai National Park were caused by an unusual strain of the bacteria that causes anthrax. The strain, Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis, could even lead to extinction of the park's chimpanzee population, researchers said.
Only 5 nations have staffing standards, and they vary widely.
The results suggest that clinical labs should consider using an additional test to validate results.
Florida health officials yesterday reported the first sexually transmitted case of Zika virus this year. There is still no evidence, however, of locally transmitted Zika virus by mosquitoes in the state.
Federal officials today said they have reopened their investigation of a multistate outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella Heidelberg infections linked to raising calves and have reported 10 new cases.
The drugs studied are bedaquiline and delamanid, both drugs of last resort.
Under extreme and precise circumstances, Zika virus was transmitted via saliva in macaques.
A commentary yesterday in JAMA argues for diagnostic stewardship as an additional strategy to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics.
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N8 has struck again in South Africa and Italy, while H5N1 has surfaced in China's Inner Mongolia province, according to reports from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and press services.
Results highlight a need to fight resistance in people, animals, and the environment.
"Fewer cases don't mean we are completely safe from Zika," Ben Beard says.
Over the weekend the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed a new MERS-CoV case in Khamis Mushait.
A 38-year-old male expatriate is in critical condition after being diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus), according to a Jul 29 update. The MOH said the man had direct contact with camels, a known risk factor for contracting the virus.
A new study from researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assessed the success of the CDC's core elements of hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). Using data reported in the 2015 National Healthcare Safety Network's Annual Hospital Survey, the researchers found that uptake of the core elements increased from 40.9% in 2014 to 48.1% in 2015, a 17.6% bump.
The report lays out progress and challenges in outpatient clinics, nursing homes, and hospitals.
The new cases push the number of H3N2v cases for 2017 to 13, the CDC says.
