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Lassa fever activity in Nigeria is increasing again, following an unprecedented outbreak earlier this year for which the acute phase was declared over on May 10, the World Health Organization's (WHO's) African regional office reported today in its weekly update.
US scientists report that the Etest, made by the French company bioMerieux, outperformed disc tests and is a suitable alternative to broth microdilution (BMD) for testing ceftazidime combined with avibactam against ceftazidime- and meropenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, according to results published yesterday in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
About 61% of kids in children's hospitals got guideline-concordant therapy, compared with only 27% in non-children's hospitals.
With 13 new illnesses in 3 days and 8 older ones just confirmed, the outbreak has now reached 498 cases.
Despite last week's suggestion that the country's acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) outbreak was at its peak, new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show 24 more cases recorded last week, raising outbreak totals to 158. The outbreak now surpasses 2016's total of 149 confirmed cases, which was the previous high.
Female patients represent 62% of cases, and children 14 years and under 24%—worrisome statistics.
The findings are the first reported of the hypervirulent, highly resistant strain outside of China.
The percentage of outpatient visits for influenza-like illnesses (ILI) is 2.2%, the same as the national baseline, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) FluView report for the week ending Dec 1.
Costco today updated its animal welfare standards to include a policy on the responsible use of antibiotics in its meat and poultry supply chains, according to shareholder advocacy group As You Sow.
In new romaine-linked Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak developments, federal health officials yesterday reported nine more illnesses and said trace-back investigations are focusing on 12 growers.
"We have to make sure pregnant women are on the agenda, so they will never again be left unprotected."
Officials confirm 13 new cases, bringing the outbreak total to 471 cases and 273 deaths.
India's government may be nearing a ban on using the antibiotic of last resort for growth promotion.
According to a survey conducted in the middle of November, only 43% of Americans said they have been vaccinated against flu, 14% plan on being vaccinated, while 41% said they don't plan on being immunized against the disease.
The WHO reports that cases dropped from 46 confirmed illnesses 2 weeks ago to 28 last week—and 43 health workers are now infected.
Two articles yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases describe severe infections caused by highly virulent strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence type (ST) 398, a clonal type that is usually associated with animals.
A new study from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Missouri researchers tested specimens collected from blood donors in northwestern Missouri, and found Heartland virus antibodies in 0.9% of samples. The study appeared yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
In 17 nations, most notably China and India, broader-spectrum drugs are more widely used.
With 9 new infections, the country now has 453 cases and 268 deaths, and 71 people are under investigation.
Annual sentinel surveillance of Neisseria gonorrhea isolates in 25 European countries has found decreasing susceptibility to ceftriaxone, according to a study yesterday in BMC Infectious Diseases.
