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A study of hospitalized patients in the US military health system database shows that carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections are associated with longer and more costly hospitalizations and a significant increase in the risk of in-hospital death, researchers reported yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
According to a small study today in Pediatrics, maternal antibodies to measles passed to infants in pregnancy dropped quickly after birth, with 92% of infants showing antibodies below the protective threshold by 3 months. By 6 months of age, all the infants were unprotected against measles, based on their antibody levels.
Checkpoint workers caught up with a convoy near Beni, family members who were transporting the body of a man who died from Ebola.
Officials are tracking a 17-case E coli outbreak tied to salads and an 11-case Salmonella outbreak linked to beef.
The European Public Health Alliance's Stakeholder Network on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has released a roadmap outlining the path European leaders should take in their efforts to fight drug-resistant infections.
Emphasizing the need for a multidisciplinary, "One Health" approach, the roadmap calls for European Union (EU) member states and institutions to pursue five strategies against AMR:
The Florida Department of Health confirmed the state's 11th locally transmitted dengue case of 2019, in Miami-Dade County, officials said yesterday. The case does not appear to be related to previously reported cases.
States with epidemics saw upticks in proposed bills to restrict vaccine exemptions.
The agency spotlights prospective audit and feedback and preauthorization.
UNICEF said today that it is helping Samoa's government respond to a measles outbreak that has grown to more than 1,000 suspected cases, with 14 deaths in children younger than 5 years old and 1 in an adult.
Under 60% of the respondents were able to answer 7 true/false questions about antibiotics correctly.
Unvaccinated people may be 3 to 4 times more infectious than those with measles who were vaccinated.
After 3 days with no new cases, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today reported 4 more Ebola cases, raising the outbreak total to 3,296 illnesses, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard.
Health officials are still investigating 422 suspected cases. Two more people died from their infections, bringing the fatality count to 2,195.
A new report from the European Court of Auditors (ECA) argues that while some progress has been made, European Union (EU) leaders need to do more to address the health burden of antibiotic resistance.
Hot spots are mainly in southern states, all strains are circulating, and 2 new flu-related deaths have been confirmed in children.
It's approved for complicated UTIs caused by gram-negative bacteria—with a caveat.
Pakistan, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Angola each reported new cases of vaccine-derived polio, according to the latest weekly update today from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), and Pakistan also confirmed cases involving the wild-type virus.
A paper today in Clinical Infectious Diseases calls for more engagement between antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs), dentists, and orthopedic surgeons to curb unnecessary dental antibiotic prophylaxis.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Officials have reported 293 suspected cases in 6 states alongside outbreaks of the disease in goats.
The vaccine produced a strong immune response and fewer lesions than ACAM2000.
