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Scientists can't be sure phage therapy saved a man's life, but it holds much promise in treating dangerous superbugs.
Canadian researchers have identified a ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhea isolate in a Canadian patient, according to a new report in Emerging Infectious Diseases. It's one of only a handful of ceftriaxone-resistant N gonorrhea isolates reported worldwide.
Tests on a traditional healer in Kenya who was a contact of one of the lab-confirmed Uganda Marburg patients has tested negative, and other high-risk contacts in Kenya have completed their 21-day monitoring periods, with no other illnesses detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday.
The report shows increasing trends in several bacteria, most notably in rates of combined resistance for E coli.
The first-ever global guidelines aim to prevent 3 types of superbugs in healthcare settings.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) today published guidelines on screening for and prevention of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) that include hospital stay, chemotherapy treatment, and link to a CRE carrier as risk factors.
In its latest global flu update, the World Health Organization (WHO) notes that flu increased slightly in the Northern Hemisphere last week and globally influenza A H3N2 is still the dominant strain.
According to the WHO, respiratory illness indicators were at or below seasonal thresholds in Mexico and the United States, and following historical trends in Canada.
The study of people in Salvador, Brazil, shows infection rates exceeding 60% in many populations.
Bulgaria and South Africa report outbreaks, and the USDA approves the first poultry DNA vaccine.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today launched an interactive research tool called Resistome Tracker to track antibiotic-resistance genes.
The report shows a first-time drop in medically important antibiotic use in animals.
Almost two thirds of US hospitals now have full-scale antibiotic stewardship programs and the incidence of several antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections are declining in the country, according to a progress report on 2 years of US efforts to combat AMR, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said today.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS-CoV infection today.
Eight of 11 states that border high-incidence states saw cases increase.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in its weekly FluView report today, noted that cases are rising across the United States, and two states, Louisiana and South Carolina, are seeing moderate activity.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Nov 9
Madagascar's plague total has grown to 2,034 cases, an increase of 87 since the last update from the World Health Organization (WHO), but no new suspected pneumonic cases or deaths were reported from Nov 7 to Nov 8. Overall, the rate of new cases and hospitalizations has been declining since the middle of October, the WHO said in the latest situation report today.
Strains in Africa are becoming more drug resistant.
Legionella continues to be the most common cause of outbreaks linked to drinking water and also fuels many outbreaks linked to environmental water exposure.
A retrospective review of confirmed H7N9 avian influenza infections from China's Guangdong province to learn more about the demographics, disease severity, and treatment found that early oseltamivir treatment was linked to fewer intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and deaths.
