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Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A rapid, cartridge-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) platform developed by scientists at Johns Hopkins University for detecting gonorrhea infections and providing antibiotic susceptibility results showed promising results in a study published this week in Science Translational Medicine.
"If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic."
The world's second most populous country has only 2.8% of its population fully vaccinated.
Vaccinating with both Pfizer and AstraZeneca is linked with more systemic symptoms in older adults.
An analysis of administrative claims data in Japan found that newer, third-generation fluoroquinolones were not associated with an increased risk of Achilles tendon rupture, Japanese researchers reported this week in the Annals of Family Medicine.
The inaugural cohort of Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Activity Rehabilitation Program (CARP) for post–COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) were mostly women, younger, had few pre-existing comorbidities, and experienced milder forms of COVID-19, but only a third were able to return to full-time work.
The researchers estimate a 40% increase in the annual incidence of resistant Salmonella.
Half of the patients had altered brain function or structure, and almost 1 in 5 were in a coma.
The 8-month probe chronicled several failures that still fuel massive surges, with experts recommending a host of bold overhauls.
A trial of the Pfizer vaccine in 2,260 young teens found only 1 serious side effect, a fever higher than 104°F.
Twice as many mothers with babies 6 months or younger reported postpartum depression during the first UK COVID-19–related lockdown, according to a Frontiers in Psychology study yesterday.
Watching a brief video about antibiotic treatment prior to a family practitioner visit reduced patients' expectations about receiving antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) but had no influence on physician prescribing, according to a randomized controlled trial published this week in the Annals of Family Medicine.
Tomorrow CDC advisers will vote on whether to recommend the shot for this age-group.
COVID-19 patients visited their GPs 20% more often and clinics 10% more often.
As daily cases stay above 300,000, scores of bodies turn up in some of India's rivers.
CARB-X announced today that it is awarding Australian diagnostics company SpeeDx up to $1.8 million to develop a rapid molecular diagnostic test for chlamydia and gonorrhea infections.
Compared with non-pregnant women hospitalized with COVID-19, pregnant women with COVID-19 had lower in-hospital death rates, according to a research letter in the Annals of Internal Medicine today.
The CDC says 44% of US adults are now fully vaccinated, as are 72% of seniors.
"We now have clear evidence that NSAIDs are safe to use in patients with COVID-19."
Also, India is reporting an increase in potentially deadly fungal lung infections.
