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Also, a study today highlights serious long-term symptoms among Ebola survivors.
The results of a randomized clinical trial show that the use of a rapid, multi-pathogen respiratory panel (RP) in an emergency department (ED) was associated with a trend toward decreased antibiotic use, according to a study yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Researchers studying the incidence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) deaths in India's Maharashtra state earlier this year identified an H9N2 avian flu infection in a 17-month-old boy, according to a study published today in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Poll finds 41% expect antibiotics if they have a cold that lingers.
After going 2 days with no new cases, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today reported 7 new lab-confirmed cases and 1 additional probable infection, raising the overall outbreak total to 3,282, which includes 118 probable cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard.
Health officials are still investigating 447 suspected Ebola cases.
Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) was associated with a dramatic decrease in bloodstream infections (BSIs), days of hospitalization, and death rates compared to treatment with antibiotics, according to a prospective cohort study today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The proportion of candidemia in patients with injection drug use more than doubled.
11,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson's Ebola vaccine arrived in the DRC over the weekend.
About 61,000 antibiotic-resistant infections occurred in England last year, up 9%.
Saudi Arabia yesterday reported another lab-confirmed MERS-CoV infection, the second so far for November.
After severe measles, children lost a median of 40% of their antibody repertoires.
Only Chipotle and Panera got high marks, while 15 chains received an "F" on beef sourcing.
One new case was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak today, nudging the outbreak total to 3,273, according to numbers reflected on the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard. Health officials are still investigating 500 suspected cases, and the number of deaths held steady at 2,183.
Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) participating in a quality improvement (QI) collaborative increased adherence to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) core elements of antibiotic stewardship dramatically and cut antibiotic use by a third, according to a study today in Pediatrics.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The FDA recommends screening donor stool for multidrug-resistant organisms. Problem is, the procedures aren't uniform.
Also, a woman apparently survived the disease but contracted it again, fatally.
An interrupted time series analysis conducted in two Italian intensive care units (ICUs) demonstrated a substantial reduction in antibiotic consumption and bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacteria after the teaching hospital instituted an antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) program, with no change in mortality or length of stay, according to a study yesterday in C
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reported its first MERS-CoV case since 2018, and Saudi Arabia today reported two new illnesses, according to official reports.
In the UAE, the patient is a 44-year-old farmer who is not a citizen of the country but lives in the city of Al Ain in Abu Dhabi region, according to a statement today from the World Health Organization (WHO), which was notified by the UAE of the case on Oct 7.
Fully 56% of hospitals reported changing patient care or delaying therapy because of drug shortages.
