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A study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases indicates that nasal screening of patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization has a high negative predictive value (NPV) for ruling out MRSA infection and could be a powerful antibiotic stewardship tool.
The drug, which was FDA-approved last month, went toe to toe with moxifloxacin.
Survey reveals that 12% think Ebola is fabricated and 72% do not completely trust responders.
Researchers conducting a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) study involving 122 hospitals have determined that a targeted inpatient fluoroquinolone stewardship program (ASP) is tied to improved fluoroquinolone prescribing at hospital discharge, with urinary tract infections (UTIs) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) most often associated with inappropriate prescribing of the drugs, according to findings pub
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported another MERS-CoV case, the fourth case in September.
The new MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case involves a 39-year-old man from Al Hofuf in the eastern part of the country. The man had contact with a camel, the most common primary risk factor associated with contracting MERS.
Three new cases today raise the outbreak total to 3,183, including 2,126 deaths.
A WHO advisory group chooses new H3N2 and influenza B/Victoria strains.
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in its latest weekly update today noted new cases of polio in Pakistan, Angola, and Myanmar—all countries battling ongoing outbreaks of wild or vaccine-derived poliovirus.
Use of a rapid molecular identification test on positive blood cultures from critically ill patients with bloodstream infections was associated with significantly reduced time to optimal antibiotic treatment, Belgian researchers reported yesterday in PLOS One.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Hospitals will be required to have the programs to receive payments from CMS.
The Asian Zika virus strain was found to be the cause, a first for an African country.
An international group of researchers, in a phase 3 trial, have demonstrated that ceftolozane-tazobactam—an antibiotic approved in 2014 for complicated urinary tract and intra-abdominal infections—is non-inferior to meropenem for serious cases of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) pneumonia, paving the way for a potential new tool for the disease.
The steady trickle of new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued today, with the World Health Organization (WHO) dashboard showing three new cases and three new fatalities.
The outbreak total now stands at 3,178 cases, with 2,122 deaths, and 520 suspected cases under investigation.
Updated recommendations still advise against screening for ASB in nonpregnant women and healthy men.
In addition to being the only US-approved vaccine for preventing monkeypox, Jynneos is also the first FDA-approved non-replicating smallpox vaccine.
With 4 new infections today, the outbreak has reached 3,175 cases.
Health officials in New York's Rockland County today declared the end of a 2018-2019 measles outbreak that sickened 312 people, a development that decreases the chance of the United States losing its measles elimination status on Oct 2.
Also, Tanzania summons a WHO representative to reaffirm that it is not withholding info on possible cases.
The FDA proposes a 2-year implementation period after it finalizes the guidance.
