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An international group of specialists from hospitals, research institutes, public health agencies, and diagnostics firms yesterday published a paper outlining the challenges to developing novel and rapid antibiotic susceptibility tests (ASTs). The consensus statement was published in Nature Reviews Microbiology.
"This does not mean that WHO is not taking the outbreak seriously."
Two burger chains got an "A," one a "D-," and 22 an "F" for their antibiotic sourcing policies.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced a new outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Infantis infections tied to raw chicken products.
The report shows a 20% decline in antibiotics for food animals in 25 EU nations from 2011 through 2016.
So far 62 acute flaccid myelitis cases—marked by sudden limb weakness—have been confirmed.
Late yesterday afternoon and today the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced five more cases of Ebola virus disease in Beni and Butembo, the current epicenter of outbreak activity.
All three cases announced yesterday resulted in community deaths that involved safe and dignified burials in Beni, the country's health ministry said. Today two cases, one each in Beni and Butembo, were reported.
A team of researchers from the United Kingdom report that Clostridioides difficile spores can survive on hospital sheets even after being washed with high-temperature water and industrial detergents, and that those spores could be contributing to outbreaks of C difficile infection (CDI) in hospitals.
Among low-risk women, 1.2% who got clindamycin had a late miscarriage or very preterm delivery, similar to placebo.
The new cases lift the outbreak total to 211, including 135 deaths.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) recorded a new case of MERS-CoV over the weekend, the second case in epidemiologic week 41 (last week).
A 64-year-old man from Dawadmi, Riyadh region is hospitalized with a MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. The man had camel contact, one of the most common risk factors for MERS.
The median vaccine exemption rate in kindergartners climbed for the third year in a row, to 2.2%, and 1.3% of 2-year-olds get no vaccines.
As officials report 11 new cases, the WHO says the situation is deteriorating.
Four countries reported more vaccine-derived polio cases in ongoing outbreaks, according to the latest weekly update today from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) today.
A study yesterday in Pediatrics has found that, contrary to national guidelines, a portion of infants with uncomplicated, late-onset group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteremia are being treated with shortened intravenous (IV) antibiotic courses, with low rates of recurrence and treatment failure.
A humanitarian group highlights transmission within a school and more response disruption.
Flu vaccination during pregnancy may cut a woman's chance of hospitalization by 40%.
Bacillus could be a tool to decolonize patients found to carry S aureus in their nose or intestines.
The health departments of Illinois and Washington state have reported nine and five cases of acute flaccid myelitis, respectively, and local media in Texas, New Jersey, and New York are also highlighting cases of the polio-like illness.
