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Using regional surveillance data, researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Emory University have determined that patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections in the Atlanta metro area transfer between healthcare facilities in similar patterns as Medicare patients, with the exception of a handful of nursing homes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today it has wrapped up its investigation into a Salmonella Concord outbreak tied to tahini imported from Israel after eight cases were confirmed in four states.
Among the findings are very high to extremely high levels of resistance to ciprofloxacin in Campylobacter isolates from people.
One MERS transmission event occurred in the ER, then a second patient spurred ICU spread.
The shuttered MSF center has admitted more than 600 people since December, 49 with confirmed infections.
Today three federal agencies announced a partnership to advance the rapid development and deployment of diagnostic tests in US laboratories during public health emergencies.
A meta-analysis of five studies published today in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy determined that, in patients with bacteremia caused by Enterobacteriaceae, short- and long-course antibiotic treatment did not differ significantly in terms of clinical outcomes.
The strategy is geared toward using newer data tools and focusing on higher-risk foods.
Thirteen new cases raise the outbreak total to 872 cases, including 548 fatal ones.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced seven new cases of MERS-CoV over the weekend, recorded in reports for epidemiologic weeks 8 and 9. Three of the cases are in Wadi ad-Dawasir, two of which appear to be part of an ongoing hospital outbreak.
Altering electronic ordering for urinary tract infection tests was associated with a 45% reduction in urine cultures.
The new Beni case is among 6 reported today, bringing the outbreak total to 859 cases.
Hospitalization rates are up, and 7 new deaths in kids are reported, raising the season total to 41.
Without being able to pinpoint a specific source of contamination, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday declared an end to its investigation of an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Infantis infections after confirming 129 cases in 32 states, including 25 hospitalizations and 1 death.
A study today in Epidemiology and Infection reports that less than a third of the residents in Australian nursing homes who were prescribed an antimicrobial for a skin infection had a confirmed bacterial infection.
Approved for URI but not CRE, the drug might offer off-label prospects for the latter.
Officials halted surveillance activities in Vuhovi after a nurse from Bisongo was killed.
The experts plan to announce a decision on the H3N2 strain on Mar 21.
An international team of scientists reported today in Eurosurveillance that the three extensively drug-resistant (XDR) gonorrhea cases identified in Australia and the United Kingdom in 2018 were caused by a single XDR clone.
