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The accuracy of tuberculosis (TB) drug-susceptibility testing in high-burden countries was inadequate, and inaccurate test results led to inadequate treatment that contributed to higher mortality in patients with drug-resistant forms of the disease, an international team of researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Today the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed two new cases of Ebola and three more deaths from the virus in the ongoing outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
Outbreak totals now stand at 800 cases, including 502 deaths, and 178 suspected cases are still under investigation.
Partial protection from earlier dengue exposure in the favela population might explain Zika's quick decline there.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) health ministry today reported two more Ebola cases, one from Butembo and the other from Kyondo. In addition, 189 suspected cases are under investigation.
As Ebola cases rise in DRC, the virus continues to infect health workers in private and public health centers.
The push from drug developers and health groups asks Congress to take steps to prevent a public health crisis due to antibiotic resistance with few promising drugs in the pipeline.
Merck announced yesterday that the US Food and Drug Administration has accepted for priority review a New Drug Application (NDA) for the combination of relebactam and imipenem/cilastatin and a supplemental NDA for Zerbaxa (ceftolozane and tazobactam).
Saudi Arabia's health ministry today reported three more MERS-CoV cases, two of them linked to ongoing outbreak activity in Wadi ad-Dawasir in the south-central part of the country.
In a paper published yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a team of clinicians, infection control specialists, and pharmacists at a community hospital in Brooklyn described the management of patients with Candida auris bloodstream infections (fungemia).
Today the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) health ministry reported three more cases and two new deaths in an ongoing Ebola outbreak. The outbreak now stands at 788 cases, including 486 deaths, and 191 suspected cases are still under investigation.
Saudi Arabia has now logged 22 MERS cases in 2019, and at least 4 new cases in Wadi ad-Dawasir were acquired in a healthcare facility.
Also, experts call for the WHO to reconvene its Ebola emergency committee and consider declaring a public health emergency of international concern.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed 9 new cases of the polio-like condition known as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), boosting the 2018 numbers to 210. The agency also noted that 7 patients so far this year are under investigation for AFM.
A trial by researchers from Switzerland and Tanzania demonstrated that use of an electronic decision algorithm that incorporated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels helped improve clinical outcomes in children with respiratory infections and reduce antibiotic prescribing. The study was published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
WHO officials see some traction with community engagement and calmed tensions, but tough challenges finding and chasing all transmission chains.
The percentage of people visiting the doctor for influenza-like illness jumped from 3.3% to 3.8%, and hospitalization rates continue to climb.
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) this week announced a $15 million investment in the launch of the International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA), a public-private partnership to advance research on antimicrobial stewardship in animal agriculture and improve animal health and welfare.
Washington's Clark County officials have confirmed 7 more measles cases, bringing the outbreak total to 41, plus 15 suspected infections, according to the latest update from the county's public health department.
