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Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Mar 8
A study yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control reports widespread and arbitrary use of antibiotics on small-scale pig farms in Cambodia.
In an update on an ongoing intravenous saline bag shortage, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, said yesterday the situation is improving, and the agency expects that the problems will be resolved well before the next flu season begins.
For the top three antibiotics, usage was much higher in winter than in summer.
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A separate paper details ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhea cases in Australia.
The extensive study adds to an already vast collection of data on vaccine safety.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced a new case of hospital-acquired MERS-CoV in Riyadh, involving a health worker who is likely part of a hospital-related outbreak.
Researchers in Italy report widespread diffusion of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in residents from long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in three different northern Italian regions, according to a study yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
The low-path H7 detection is the first in the US this year, and more tests will be done to characterize the H7N1 virus.
The paper reflects current, evolving data, an expert says.
Young adult men are hardest hit by the typically rodent-borne disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to pet guinea pigs.
Researchers in Portugal have identified 16 patients from a previously unnoticed hospital outbreak with carbapenemase-producing and MCR-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, according to a case report yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Fluoroquinolone resistance in hospital-onset E coli bacteremia rose markedly.
Updates on the latest Saudi MERS cases show a continued mix of exposures, including healthcare settings and camels.
Three countries—Bulgaria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Iraq—recently reported more highly pathogenic H5N8 outbreaks, and Cambodia confirmed another H5N1 detection at a farm in Phnom Penh.
The authors say that finding MCR-1 in Shigella flexneri from pig feces suggests it could be circulating on Chinese farms and beyond.
The percentage of outpatient visits for ILI plummeted last week, but hospitalizations increased.
A survey of medical residents found that 28% to 51% could not accurately identify pathogens to target with empiric therapy or select therapy with an appropriate spectrum of activity, and only 12% of respondents identified antibiograms as a prescribing resource, according to a study yesterday in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
