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Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Initial results from the FMT (fecal microbiota transplantation) National Registry indicate that FMT is highly effective for treating Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), with a good safety profile, US researchers reported yesterday in Gastroenterology.
People with Parkinson's disease (PD) have a 30% higher risk of COVID-19 death, according to a University of Iowa news release yesterday and a recent study in Movement Disorders.
The US adds 42,812 new cases to the global pandemic total.
Lessons learned from the outbreak may apply to other congregate settings.
Officials have traced 43 cases in multiple states to hedgehogs and bearded dragons.
A study shows four out of five people with recent loss of smell and/or taste tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, and 39.8% of those did not have a cough or fever.
Based on available evidence and antibiotic stewardship principles, a committee of Dutch clinicians and researchers is recommending restrictive use of antibiotics in COVID-19 patients, according to guidelines published yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
The study is one of only a few showing preliminary data in older populations.
One study finds that 35% of 77 patients had a heart attack while waiting.
The US has had a major voice in the finalized Codex guidance, one expert notes.
The COVID-19 pandemic cast its shadow over the first US presidential debate last night.
A review of studies analyzing use of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) apps found they may increase adherence to antibiotic prescribing guidelines, European researchers reported yesterday in PLOS One.
Domestic cats and dogs are susceptible to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). While both types of animals showed an immune response to the virus, only cats demonstrated viral shedding, and neither animal model showed evidence for a significant role in human infection, the study found.
Fifty-two of 54 patients who experienced cardiac arrest had nonshockable rhythms.
US cases in college-age people more than doubled as students went back to school, the CDC says.
Children have accounted for 12% to 15.9% of new cases in the past 8 weeks.
A JAMA Network Open survey study of US adults' preferences for COVID-19 vaccine allocation in the event of a limited supply ranks frontline medical workers, high-risk children, and high-risk older adults as highest priority for vaccine distribution.
The researchers calculate that about 9.3% of the population had been infected by July.
Cases in school-aged kids rose in September, with infections in teens twice as common and racial disparities that mirror adult trends.
