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For bacterial infections, the test had a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 88%, while viral sensitivity was 70%.
On top of 2020 losses, life expectancy fell further in 2021 in 12 countries, including the US.
Among a group of vaccinated college athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 and underwent rapid antigen testing 7 days later, 27% were still positive—a proportion that climbed to 35% in symptomatic athletes and 40% in those infected with the Omicron BA.2 subvariant.
Recent vaccination with 2 or 3 vaccine doses was linked to fewer symptoms, shorter illness, fewer medical visits, and smaller viral load.
Work on a hybrid SARS-CoV-2 virus has inflamed more controversy about lab biosafety and federal oversight
The findings add more evidence of potential sexual transmission of the virus.
New research from the American Psychological Association (APA) shows that various state restrictions and lockdowns imposed during the first 6 months of the pandemic were not related to worsening mental health. The study is published in Health Psychology.
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) yesterday released a new toolkit to help hospitals improve antibiotic use in ambulatory care.
So far, 24 deaths have been reported among 60 confirmed cases, plus 20 suspected fatal cases.
Women who survived COVID had double the healthcare visits later on compared with uninfected women.
Four of 5 patients with ocular monkeypox required hospital care, and 1 had marked vision impairment.
A new analysis of data on US hospital patients during the COVID-19 pandemic finds that patients tested for SARS-CoV-2 had a higher rate of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), researchers reported today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Previous non-Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infection was tied to a 44% lower risk of Omicron reinfection and 81% lower odds of related hospitalization, which was further improved by one, two, or three mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses (86%, 94%, and 97%, respectively), according to a study published late last week in JAMA Network Open.
Multiple new Omicron lineages are steadily cutting into the dominance of the BA.5 subvariant.
The findings "have substantial implications when considered at the population level," the researchers wrote.
An estimated 541,000 annual deaths are tied to superbugs, with 133,000 direct deaths.
The strategy focuses on levels of Salmonella and highly virulent strains rather than just its presence or absence.
A study of antibiotic consumption in European hospitals found increasing use of antibiotics reserved for the most difficult-to-treat infections, researchers reported yesterday in Eurosurveillance.
A study of 30 million people in the United Kingdom finds that 0.4% of people who completed their primary COVID-19 vaccine series had severe breakthrough infections, compared with 0.2% of booster recipients, during Omicron variant predominance.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
