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A study of intensive care unit (ICU) patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, showed high rates of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections, according to a report yesterday in BMC Infectious Diseases.
A compound found in soil bacteria may be difficult for mutating bacteria to evade.
Patients experienced serious complications and bacterial infections after treatments.
Saudi Arabia today reported three more MERS-CoV illnesses linked to ongoing hospital-related outbreaks in Riyadh, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
Researchers looking for mutations that might make H7N9 avian influenza more easily transmissible among people identified three amino acid changes that would make the virus more likely to bind to human airway receptors. A team of researchers from the United States, including those from The Scripps Research Institute, and the Netherlands reported its findings today in PLoS Pathogens.
In addition, Korea, Zimbabwe, and Luxembourg note H5N8, and Libya confirms H7.
A single-center study in Egypt found that nearly two thirds of the Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected from the feces of patients who had community-onset gastrointestinal complaints were extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producers, and 4.4% were carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE).
Today the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced three new MERS-CoV cases in Riyadh.
Yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said there were three separate hospital-based outbreaks of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) in that city. At least one of the new cases is tied to the hospital outbreaks, but none of the patients are healthcare workers.
The WHO says the 2 vaccine-derived clusters in the DRC involve 2 separate strains.
The hospital clusters involve 23, 6, and 4 cases, with the first two connected by an infected patient.
Hospital patients who receive antibiotic treatment may face about a 20% risk of a related adverse event, if the results of a new study from Johns Hopkins University researchers can be generalized.
Nine Brazilian infants with congenital Zika infections developed moderate to severe dysphagia, or problems with swallowing, increasing the risk of aspirating liquids and choking, according to a report yesterday in Emerging Infectious Disease.
Removing sinks and using a "water-free" method of care reduced colonization with gram-negative bacilli.
In related news, a new study finds that bats harbor thousands of coronaviruses.
In a new study on the Ebola vaccine that has already shown effectiveness in an earlier phase 3 trial during West Africa's outbreak, researchers found that antibodies persist at least for a year and that the vaccine was well tolerated.
One study found that antibiotic use was the main factor driving differences.
Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection confirms 12 H7N9 cases reported this week.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported six new cases of MERS-CoV today, all linked to one or more of the current hospital outbreaks in Riyadh.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jun 8
With this approach, drug companies would win sizable government funds for bringing new antibiotics to market.
