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Medical students posing as patients were able to obtain antibiotics without a prescription in 84% of Chinese retail pharmacies, Chinese researchers reported today in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections tied to contaminated romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, appears to be over.
The study shows how tolerance promotes the evolution of resistance with combination antibiotics.
Also, a health official says there may be a family cluster among the outbreak patients.
According to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard, officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tracked 5 new cases of Ebola today, raising the outbreak total to 3,403, including 2,235 fatalities. The death toll has not changed since last week.
A total of 410 suspected cases are still under investigation.
Possible reasons include low natural immunity and viral evolution.
The woman has no fever or respiratory symptoms and may go home soon.
CARB-X today said it has awarded Trellis Bioscience of Redwood City, California, up to $3.2 million to develop an innovative monoclonal antibody designed to disrupt the protective biofilm that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard reflects 5 new cases of the viral disease over the weekend, including 3 cases reported today. The outbreak total now stands at 3,398, including 2,235 fatalities.
Officials are still investigating 410 suspected cases.
Officials put the case count at 41 and note how the new virus relates to the SARS virus.
In an alert, the CDC says influenza B and the H1N1 strain are predominating.
Wuhan's health commission hasn't released any updates on the outbreak since Jan 5.
Fourteen dogs and cats harbored E coli containing NDM-5 carbapenem resistance genes.
A new Ebola case confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has raised the outbreak total to 3,393 cases, and another death has raised the fatality total to 2,235.
Officials are still investigating 480 suspected cases, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jan 9
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded $1.5 million to Phase Genomics of Seattle, Washington, to develop a low-cost, culture-free platform for detecting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes.
The virus seems to group with the betacoronaviruses, the genus that includes the SARS virus and MERS-CoV.
Most of North America, Europe, and Central Asia started the new year with rising rates of influenza.
The authors say the finding is concerning and emphasize the role of repeat susceptibility tests.
Wisconsin officials have confirmed 405 cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) on state deer farms and hunting ranches since 2002, with 105 of those occurring since November 2018, Wisconsin Public Radio reported yesterday.
CWD is a deadly prion disease that affects deer, elk, and other cervids but has not yet been detected in people.
