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An analysis of nationwide Veterans Health Administration data across 3 years finds that a large proportion of antimicrobial exposure among hospitalized patients occurs immediately following discharge, according to a study yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Today the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard shows 1 new case in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which raises the outbreak total to 3,206 cases, including 2,143 deaths. A total of 441 suspected cases are still under investigation.
"Seeing a deer test positive for CWD west of the continental divide again is concerning."
Findings suggest efforts to reign in non-prescription antibiotic sales could face an uphill climb.
With 4 more cases recorded over the weekend and through today, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) now stands at 3,205 cases, including 2,142 deaths. Officials are still investigating 411 suspected cases.
In recent weeks, reports of new cases have slowed significantly, and transmission has shifted to rural villages in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
An analysis of almost 160,000 pneumonia patients in 170 US hospitals indicates that urinary antigen testing (UAT), a practice recommended by national guidelines to allow for antibiotic de-escalation in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), is not widely performed, researchers reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Study finds a 3.8% incidence of serious adverse events—and the findings are conservative.
Also, global health officials note that 1,000 people in the DRC have now recovered from the disease.
Median age of patients is just 6, with 89% unvaccinated.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
An analysis of US hospital data shows that antibiotic resistance in older patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs) nearly doubled from 2009 to 2016, researchers reported yesterday in PLoS One.
The World Health Organization said yesterday that ongoing transmission of wild poliovirus in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as a rash of new vaccine-derived cases in Africa and Asia, means polio is still a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
Conventionally raised poultry harbored nearly twice as much multidrug-resistant Salmonella as meat from antibiotic-free poultry.
Earlier gaps included multiple Ebola definitions and shortages of personal protective equipment.
Accelerate Diagnostics presented three studies today at IDWeek 2019 in Washington, DC, that show promising results for its rapid phenotypic susceptibility test, according to a company press release.
Health officials in New York's Rockland County yesterday announced a new measles case, which involves an international traveler and is separate from a large outbreak that ended in September.
The patient visited a synagogue in Monsey, New York, possible exposing others from Sep 20 to Sep 21. Monsey is about 40 miles from New York City.
Women and girls account for 58% of patients.
Recognizing new research and more emphasis on antibiotic stewardship, experts say change was needed.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported another MERS-CoV case, the first in October. The case-patient is from Abha, a city in the southwestern region of the country.
The new MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case involves a 34-year-old man with unknown camel exposure. His illness is listed as "primary," meaning it's unlikely he contracted the virus from another person.
Eventually, metrics for all 7 of the FSMA foundational rules will be added.
A study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases indicates that nasal screening of patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization has a high negative predictive value (NPV) for ruling out MRSA infection and could be a powerful antibiotic stewardship tool.
