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Researchers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases that reductions in antibiotic use, particularly fluoroquinolones and third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins, was associated with a decrease in Clostridioides difficile rates in US acute care hospitals.
The WHO said the attacks increase the risk of disease spread and are "profoundly disrespectful."
More than 80% of courses for upper respiratory tract infections, cough, and bronchitis exceeded national guidelines.
A larger follow-up on a 2017 study that found an association between repeated doses of flu vaccine containing the 2009 H1N1 strain and miscarriage in pregnant women ruled out the association, researchers reported to federal vaccine advisors yesterday.
The latest data from the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP) reveal stable levels of resistance to the currently recommended antibiotics for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, according to a report today from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). But high resistance to azithromycin threatens the effectiveness of the treatment regimen, ECDC officials warn.
The attack is the second to target MSF treatment centers in just a matter of days.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today it has wrapped up its investigation into a Salmonella Concord outbreak tied to tahini imported from Israel after eight cases were confirmed in four states.
Using regional surveillance data, researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Emory University have determined that patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections in the Atlanta metro area transfer between healthcare facilities in similar patterns as Medicare patients, with the exception of a handful of nursing homes.
Among the findings are very high to extremely high levels of resistance to ciprofloxacin in Campylobacter isolates from people.
One MERS transmission event occurred in the ER, then a second patient spurred ICU spread.
The shuttered MSF center has admitted more than 600 people since December, 49 with confirmed infections.
Today three federal agencies announced a partnership to advance the rapid development and deployment of diagnostic tests in US laboratories during public health emergencies.
A meta-analysis of five studies published today in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy determined that, in patients with bacteremia caused by Enterobacteriaceae, short- and long-course antibiotic treatment did not differ significantly in terms of clinical outcomes.
The strategy is geared toward using newer data tools and focusing on higher-risk foods.
Thirteen new cases raise the outbreak total to 872 cases, including 548 fatal ones.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced seven new cases of MERS-CoV over the weekend, recorded in reports for epidemiologic weeks 8 and 9. Three of the cases are in Wadi ad-Dawasir, two of which appear to be part of an ongoing hospital outbreak.
Altering electronic ordering for urinary tract infection tests was associated with a 45% reduction in urine cultures.
The new Beni case is among 6 reported today, bringing the outbreak total to 859 cases.
Hospitalization rates are up, and 7 new deaths in kids are reported, raising the season total to 41.
A study today in Epidemiology and Infection reports that less than a third of the residents in Australian nursing homes who were prescribed an antimicrobial for a skin infection had a confirmed bacterial infection.
