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A white paper published today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology calls on antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) to take steps to address the potential legal implications of stewardship activities.
In a study yesterday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), researchers describe a COVID-19 super-spreading event at a Washington state choir practice in March, which was attended by a symptomatic index patient and produced an attack rate of 53.3% to 86.7%.
Researchers says there's no question the novel virus originated in nature.
Fauci warns senators that states risk new and worsening COVID-19 outbreaks if they move too fast.
Vaccine development hinges on "unprecedented" and transparent efforts, top US experts say.
Russia reports almost 11,000 new cases, part of an ongoing surge mainly centered in Moscow.
A retrospective study of COVID-19 patients in New York City hospitals found that treatment with the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine, the antibiotic azithromycin, or both was not significantly associated with differences in in-hospital mortality compared with patients who received neither drug.
Some 5,000 COVID-19 deaths in New York City might not have been counted, a new report says.
The WHO also warns that COVID-19 disruptions could hurt the battle against HIV.
73% of patients had respiratory symptoms, while 23% had failure of at least two organ systems.
A low-intensity, multifaceted stewardship intervention implemented at nursing homes was associated with improved antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections (UTIs), US researchers reported today in JAMA Internal Medicine.
A phase 2 trial has shown that a 2-week course of triple antiviral therapy with interferon beta-1b plus lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin is safe and better at shortening COVID-19 viral shedding than lopinavir-ritonavir alone in patients with mild to moderate illness if started within 7 days of symptom onset.
Also, New York officials said 3 children have died from what might be a recently identified inflammatory complication.
In a poll, almost two thirds of Americans say they fear it's too soon to reopen the economy.
The drug was not tied to lower rates of intubation or death in COVID-19 patients.
The WHO voices concern over increased domestic violence in nations under stay-at-home orders.
A study yesterday in JAMA Network Open is the first to demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is detectable in the semen of recovered and actively infected men, but it does not prove that the virus can be sexually transmitted.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News May 7
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and five other medical organizations are urging changes to a national set of care measures for sepsis patients, with the aim of reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in patients who may not need them.
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chad, and Niger have reported new polio cases—14 in all—according to this week's Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) update.
Also, new models predict a spike in cases in late May after states reopen from lockdowns.
