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A new study by researchers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that availability of antifungal susceptibility testing (AFST) at US hospitals has improved in recent years, but substantial gaps remain.
In a report on an imported case from 2015, Thai researchers spelled out some of the clinial and lab challenges in diagnosing MERS-CoV.
With resistance emerging to a limited set of treatment options, new drugs for invasive fungal infections are desperately needed.
A detailed look at variant influenza cases from seven agricultural fairs in Michigan and Ohio in 2016 found that of 18 variant H3N2 (H3N2v) cases in humans, 16 were infected with a reassortant that contains the hemagglutinin gene from the 2010-2011 seasonal H3N2 strain in humans, a strain increasingly seen in US swine herds.
The WHO and its partners need the funding boost to stop measles transmission with a campaign in November to immunize 4.2 million children.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced a new case of MERS-CoV today, continuing a small but steady stream of cases in the weeks leading up to the Hajj pilgrimage.
A study today in BMC Infectious Diseases reports that patients with multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR- and XDR-TB) in China's Hunan province had low rates of treatment success.
About a quarter of the 200 colonized patients had clinical illness, including 27 with bloodstream infections.
The review didn't find any new evidence to drive policy changes, but said more research and new antivirals are needed.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV today in a man from Medina.
The 67-year-old expatriate is in stable condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The man had indirect contact with camels. Indirect contact with camels, including drinking camel milk, is a known risk factor for the disease.
The patients, hospitalized at a speciality center, had a variety of complications and some unusual features.
Overall, cases have declined some, but some locations are still reporting 5,000 suspected cases each day.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV over the weekend.
The 89-year-old Saudi man from Baljurashi in the southwestern part of the country is in stable condition after being diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The source of his infection is listed as "primary," meaning it's unlikely he contracted the disease from another person.
In South Africa, H5N8 has been detected at 2 ostrich farms in the southwest.
Also, the species might be resistant to cold temperatures.
The way bacteria adapted to antibiotics in the past may change their future evolutionary path.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS today in healthcare workers from Dumah Al Jandal, the site of a growing hospital-based outbreak.
Originally published by CIDRAP News Aug 10
A team of researchers in Sweden have developed a test that can determine antibiotic susceptibility in less than 30 minutes, according to a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Overall flu vaccine effectiveness was 48%, but a change in the 2009 H1N1 vaccine strain didn't fix the problem with the inhaled vaccine's effectiveness in children.
Data on infants born to women suspected of having a Zika virus infection in Texas show higher-than-average rates of birth defects and suboptimal levels of testing, according to a report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
