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Patients who received probiotics concurrently with antibiotics were more likely to have an incident of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) than those who didn't receive probiotics, researchers reported yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
In its latest weekly update, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) said today that Pakistan recorded three new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) this week, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic recorded new cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2).
Only 27 health zones are now reporting cases, down from 207 during the peak of the outbreak.
The virus can have long-lasting consequences for those exposed in utero and will likely strike again, experts say.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on drug maker Johnson & Johnson to lower the price of bedaquilin, an oral medication for the treatment of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday announced a 13-state Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak linked to pet turtles that has sickened at least 21 people.
Of the 21 patients, 7 have been hospitalized but none have died, the CDC said. Illness-onset dates vary from May 29 to Sep 3, and patients range in age from less than 1 to 80 years, with a median age of 24.
The threat has not received "the exceptional policy action many consider necessary," experts say.
Also, tomorrow the WHO's Ebola emergency committee will meet to discuss the latest outbreak developments.
Based on new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that sexually transmitted disease (STD) levels hit an all-time high in 2018, the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) yesterday issued an urgent call for more federal funding to battle the diseases.
Only 54% of pregnant women get the flu vaccine, and 55% receive Tdap.
Experts underscore "pull" incentives to boost profits.
Today the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard shows 1 new case in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which raises the outbreak total to 3,206 cases, including 2,143 deaths. A total of 441 suspected cases are still under investigation.
An analysis of nationwide Veterans Health Administration data across 3 years finds that a large proportion of antimicrobial exposure among hospitalized patients occurs immediately following discharge, according to a study yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
"Seeing a deer test positive for CWD west of the continental divide again is concerning."
Findings suggest efforts to reign in non-prescription antibiotic sales could face an uphill climb.
With 4 more cases recorded over the weekend and through today, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) now stands at 3,205 cases, including 2,142 deaths. Officials are still investigating 411 suspected cases.
In recent weeks, reports of new cases have slowed significantly, and transmission has shifted to rural villages in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
An analysis of almost 160,000 pneumonia patients in 170 US hospitals indicates that urinary antigen testing (UAT), a practice recommended by national guidelines to allow for antibiotic de-escalation in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), is not widely performed, researchers reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Also, global health officials note that 1,000 people in the DRC have now recovered from the disease.
Median age of patients is just 6, with 89% unvaccinated.
Study finds a 3.8% incidence of serious adverse events—and the findings are conservative.
