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Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News May 14
Four countries in the Middle East and Africa reported a total of nine new cases this week, according to the latest update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
The federal pandemic response has grown increasingly divided and political.
Pro-vaccine groups on the social media platform are "fighting off to one side, in the wrong place."
France and Spain learn that relatively few people have been exposed to the virus.
Italian clinicians report 10 cases in about a month, a 30-fold increase.
Use of second- and third-line antibiotics and fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) of antibiotics increased over a 10-year period at two Indian hospitals, a team of Swedish researchers reported yesterday in BMC Infectious Diseases.
Two of 15 dogs who shared homes with humans infected with COVID-19 in Hong Kong were also infected, according to a study published today in Nature, and a separate study details experimental infections of cats.
Mathematical modeling explores several scenarios, including a resurgence as late as 2024.
Brazil reports 881 new COVID-19 deaths, its highest daily fatality count.
However, two thirds of US adults say it will not be safe for gatherings of 10 or more until midsummer.
A white paper published today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology calls on antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) to take steps to address the potential legal implications of stewardship activities.
In a study yesterday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), researchers describe a COVID-19 super-spreading event at a Washington state choir practice in March, which was attended by a symptomatic index patient and produced an attack rate of 53.3% to 86.7%.
Researchers says there's no question the novel virus originated in nature.
Fauci warns senators that states risk new and worsening COVID-19 outbreaks if they move too fast.
Vaccine development hinges on "unprecedented" and transparent efforts, top US experts say.
Russia reports almost 11,000 new cases, part of an ongoing surge mainly centered in Moscow.
A retrospective study of COVID-19 patients in New York City hospitals found that treatment with the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine, the antibiotic azithromycin, or both was not significantly associated with differences in in-hospital mortality compared with patients who received neither drug.
The WHO also warns that COVID-19 disruptions could hurt the battle against HIV.
73% of patients had respiratory symptoms, while 23% had failure of at least two organ systems.
