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A study of data from insured US children found that rotavirus vaccination was associated with reduced antibiotic prescribing for acute gastroenteritis, researchers reported last week in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
"Monkeypox cases may present similar to some sexually transmitted infections and could be mistaken for other diagnoses."
Whether receiving the rapid test or not, more than a fourth got antibiotics.
Infants exposed to SARS-CoV-2 before birth had double the risk of neurodevelopmental issues.
SARS-CoV-2 RNA in air samples was genetically identical to human samples in a hospital outbreak.
Unvaccinated heart-failure patients who contract COVID-19 are three times more likely to die of their infections than their vaccinated and boosted counterparts, concludes a study published yesterday in the Journal of Cardiac Failure.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) announced yesterday that it is collaborating with Indian biopharmaceutical company Bugworks on a phase 1 clinical trial to assess a new class of antibiotic compounds for multidrug-resistant bacteria.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday said it and health officials in multiple state are investigating Salmonella outbreaks tied to backyard poultry that have sickened 219 people, 1 fatally, in 38 states.
"People are dying from preventable infections even though we have an arsenal of drugs."
Vaccine rollout plans include an initial distribution of 10 million doses to kids under 5 years old.
One expert cautions against letting the fear of stigmatization get in the way of clear messages.
The risk of COVID-19–related multisystem inflammatory system in children (MIS-C) was significantly lower among vaccinated versus unvaccinated Danish children after infection with the Omicron variant rather than with previous strains, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) this week issued an alert on the potential emergence and spread of extremely drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella sonnei in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Moderna says its new 2-strain vaccine boosts Omicron antibody response eightfold.
The risk of breakthrough COVID-19 was 28% higher in adults with HIV.
So far this year African nations have reported 1,400 monkeypox cases, including 66 deaths.
A single-center study suggests gender bias may play a role in whether antibiotic stewardship recommendations by pharmacists are accepted by hospitalists, researchers reported yesterday in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
COVID-19 infection and pregnancy independently raised the risk of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, the need for supplemental oxygen, and death among hospitalized women in sub-Saharan Africa, finds a study published today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Also, HHS has asked Bavarian Nordic to deliver 36,000 more vaccine doses this week to the national stockpile.
COVID caused 62% of deaths, but it ranged from 77% to 82% among minority officers.
