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With 41 new cases in recent days, the outbreak has grown to 2,671 infections, including 1,782 fatalities.
Sixteen more measles cases were reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week, lifting the total for 2019 to 1,164. The number of affected states held steady at 30, according to the CDC's regular weekly update today.
A 132-case outbreak linked to basil is part of the nation's 580 lab-confirmed infections so far this year.
Ebola infections have been reported in 10 more people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak, raising the total to 2,630, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online dashboard today. Health officials are still investigating 344 suspected cases.
An effort to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in New York City hospitals was associated with a modest decrease in prescribing for acute respiratory infections (ARIs), according to a study today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The current wave in Beni involves more cases and is longer than its first wave.
A population-based analysis indicates that hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection (HA-CDI) is associated with millions of dollars in attributable costs and with extended hospital stays, Canadian researchers reported today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Results from the world's first phase 1 trial of a vaccine against MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) demonstrated a strong immune response after two doses and a good safety profile. The trial involved 75 US Army volunteers and was published yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Though the DRC has ceased daily updates, the WHO says cases have topped 2,600.
Could climate change have played a role in the emergence of the multidrug-resistant fungus Candida auris?
Scientists are seeing high rates of treatment failure as they struggle to eliminate the disease in the region.
"Relying on the current tests is too late," one expert says, as dead deer might already be shedding infectious prions.
Of 14 new cases yesterday, 10 were in Beni, a previous hot spot that has again heated up.
Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina had the most MCR-positive isolates, a review finds.
Since May 1 state health officials have reported more than 100 cases of Cyclospora infections, compared with 18 to 33 over the previous 3 years, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) said in a news release yesterday. Other states are also reporting increased cases.
Almost 500 cases are tied to backyard poultry, and nearly 100 infections are linked to dog treats.
Over the past 2 decades, the prevalence of nonprescription antibiotic use ranged from 1% to 66%.
"There can not be more than one decision-making center," Kalenga says.
A survey of 36 hospitals discovered that about two-thirds had antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) that monitored antimicrobial use in patients during end-of-life care, but only a third had ASPs that offered guidance for patients receiving comfort care only, according to a study today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
