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A team of Spanish scientists reports that after they implemented an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) focused on antifungal use at their university hospital in Seville, use of antifungal drugs dropped 38%, according to their findings published yesterday in the Journal of Infection.
Also, Profectus's second-generation VSV vaccine shows promise in a phase 1 trial.
Only 360 providers (1.7%) were in the highest-prescribing group.
New details in the outbreak emerge, including potential human-to-human spread.
Medical students posing as patients were able to obtain antibiotics without a prescription in 84% of Chinese retail pharmacies, Chinese researchers reported today in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections tied to contaminated romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, appears to be over.
The study shows how tolerance promotes the evolution of resistance with combination antibiotics.
Also, a health official says there may be a family cluster among the outbreak patients.
According to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard, officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tracked 5 new cases of Ebola today, raising the outbreak total to 3,403, including 2,235 fatalities. The death toll has not changed since last week.
A total of 410 suspected cases are still under investigation.
Possible reasons include low natural immunity and viral evolution.
The woman has no fever or respiratory symptoms and may go home soon.
CARB-X today said it has awarded Trellis Bioscience of Redwood City, California, up to $3.2 million to develop an innovative monoclonal antibody designed to disrupt the protective biofilm that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard reflects 5 new cases of the viral disease over the weekend, including 3 cases reported today. The outbreak total now stands at 3,398, including 2,235 fatalities.
Officials are still investigating 410 suspected cases.
Officials put the case count at 41 and note how the new virus relates to the SARS virus.
In an alert, the CDC says influenza B and the H1N1 strain are predominating.
Wuhan's health commission hasn't released any updates on the outbreak since Jan 5.
Fourteen dogs and cats harbored E coli containing NDM-5 carbapenem resistance genes.
A new Ebola case confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has raised the outbreak total to 3,393 cases, and another death has raised the fatality total to 2,235.
Officials are still investigating 480 suspected cases, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jan 9
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded $1.5 million to Phase Genomics of Seattle, Washington, to develop a low-cost, culture-free platform for detecting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes.
The virus seems to group with the betacoronaviruses, the genus that includes the SARS virus and MERS-CoV.
