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A diagnostic accuracy study has determined that the T2Bacteria Panel rapidly and accurately diagnoses bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by five common pathogenic bacteria, according to a study today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
CDC experts also highlight the spread of measles in Europe, consequences for travelers, and advice for clinicians.
With 48 cases in 3 days in the DR Congo, totals have grown to 2,168 cases, including 1,440 deaths, for a 66% fatality rate.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) recently reported a new MERS-CoV case, which involves a 71-year-old woman from the capital city of Riyadh.
The woman's contact with camels isn't known, and authorities have classified her exposure to MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) as primary, meaning she probably wasn't exposed to another sick patient, according to an update to the MOH's epidemiologic week 24 report.
The sample was from 2014, so the discovery has implications for the US spread of colistin resistance.
One patient is dead and one ill after contracting drug-resistant E coli after FMT.
The panel expressed serious worry over the threat to the region and over funding.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The Southern Hemisphere's temperate countries are experiencing an earlier-than-average start to the flu season, including Australia, Chile, South Africa, and New Zealand, the World Health Organization (WHO) said this week in its latest global flu update. The Southern Hemisphere's flu season typically runs from May to October.
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) yesterday issued a health alert about an increase in carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CP-CRE) cases this year. After detecting 7 each year in 2017 and 2018, officials have already confirmed 12 CP-CRE infections so far this year.
The grandmother of the 5-year-old boy identified in Uganda has also died, and the family cluster is at 8 cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed 227 new cases of Salmonella infection tied to backyard poultry such as chicks and ducklings, swelling the outbreak to 279 cases in 41 states.
Canada's chief public health officer, Theresa Tam, BMBS, issued a report this week aiming to raise awareness among both the public and healthcare professionals about the needless use of antibiotics and how to preserve the drugs' effectiveness.
Many government policies were evaluated using low-quality, non-randomized designs.
A boy confirmed infected yesterday in Uganda has died, and 2 relatives have Ebola.
New report finds that 70% of all fatal human rabies infections were caused by bats.
A Department of Defense (DOD) study that compared vaccine effectiveness (VE) of cell-based and egg-based flu vaccines found that the egg-produced version performed significantly better against the 2009 H1N1 strain, and the cell-based version performed better against H3N2, though the difference wasn't statistically significant. Researchers published their findings yesterday in Vaccine.
The patient is 5, and at least two of his family members also have Ebola symptoms.
Since the first of the year officials have tallied 87,000 suspected cases in 23 of the DRC's 26 provinces.
A large study to assess if a new guideline recommending live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV, or FluMist) for children over age 2 years with asthma found no increase in lower respiratory events following vaccination. A research team from HealthPartners, a Minnesota-based healthcare and insurance provider, published its findings yesterday in Vaccine.
