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Intensive care and infectious disease experts from the Antimicrobial Resistance in Critical Care (ANTARCTICA) coalition have released a statement in Intensive Care Medicine calling for increased awareness and action to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in intensive care units (ICUs).
A Malaysian man who recently returned from a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia has been diagnosed as having MERS-CoV.
Flu hospitalizations are also on the rise, with the highest levels in seniors, a pattern often seen in H3N2-dominant seasons.
Data from high-quality, randomized controlled trials show that bactericidal antibiotics are not intrinsically superior to bacteriostatic antibiotics, researchers from the University of Southern California School of Medicine report in a new paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Dec 11 reported another MERS-CoV infection, in a man from Oman whose asymptomatic case was found during screening when he was transporting camels, some of them infected, into the UAE, according to a Dec 22 update from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Milder infections aren't as hard to treat as multi-drug resistant ones and might be easier targets for new therapies.
In response, the FDA said it has already made headway in fixing the problems and will take further steps in 2018.
Federal and state health officials are investigating a multistate Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened 17 people in 13 states, and preliminary tests by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the outbreak strain is closely related to one in Canada that has been associated with romaine lettuce.
The CDC said the H3N2-dominant trend will make neuraminidase inhibitor antivirals especially useful this flu season.
The outbreaks involved different strains, including H5N6, H5N1, and H5N8.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported one new case of MERS-CoV on Dec 24, in the city of Afif.
A 28-year-old Saudi man is in stable condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. The MOH said the man had direct contact with camels, a known risk factor for MERS-CoV.
Clinic visits for flulike illness, geographic flu spread have accelerated.
Dutch officials report H5N6 outbreaks in wild birds, and Italy confirms an H5N8 poultry outbreak.
Four research teams from India receive awards for point-of-care diagnostic tests, 3 of them focused on sepsis.
Today the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its Q and A document that covers developments surrounding Dengvaxia, Sanofi's dengue vaccine. It says its Strategic Advisory Groups of Experts (SAGE) will undertake a full rigorous view of new data to update its position paper on the vaccine, which won't likely be available until after April 2018.
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is advising people in five eastern provinces to avoid eating romaine lettuce because of an ongoing Escherichia coli outbreak associated with that type of salad greens. In a statement yesterday, the PHAC said continued reports of illnesses suggest that contaminated romaine lettuce may still be on the market.
The USDA proposes moving away from a per-bird payment for outbreak response efforts.
Broad-spectrum antibiotics didn't produce better clinical or patient-centered results.
