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Researchers with a large community hospital system report that a phased approach for implementation of antibiotic stewardship programs was associated with significant clinical and financial benefits.
After several months of silence, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) recently uploaded information on 30 new MERS-CoV case detections on its website, including a cluster of 11 household cases from Najran detected in late May and early June.
The outbreak is taking place in a war zone with difficult access, among other challenges.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a warning about long-term azithromycin use in cancer patients who've undergone a donor stem cell transplant.
In an update yesterday on a Cyclospora outbreak linked to McDonald's salads, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 109 more cases, raising the total to 395.
The number of affected states remained at 15, and the latest illness onset was Jul 20. So far 16 people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported.
Data from 3 flu seasons show obese adults shed the virus about 1.5 times longer than non-obese adults.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) ministry of health confirmed that the new Ebola outbreak in the eastern reaches of the country is caused by the Zaire Ebola virus species, according to Science magazine.
An analysis of carbapenem-nonsusceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Greece has found increasing resistance to last-line antibiotics.
Rising tolerance to alcohol-based disenfectants could affect efforts to control spread of Enterococcus faecium.
The DRC says 4 people in the eastern part of the country tested positive for Ebola virus.
Yesterday Emergent BioSolutions announced the start of a phase 1 clinical trial for ZIKV-IG, the company's anti-Zika virus immune globulin. The double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled clinical study will enroll about 30 healthy volunteers at a single site.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that tests involving a newly validated method to detect Cyclospora in fresh produce have confirmed the parasite in an unused package of expired salad mix processed by Fresh Express in Streamwood, Ill., that had been distributed to McDonald's.
The new plan is expected to address duration limits aimed at curtailing continuous subtherapeutic dosing, thought to fuel rising resistance.
Harboring multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDRGNB) significantly increases patients' long-term risk for subsequent MDRGNB infection and mortality after hospital discharge, Taiwanese researchers report today in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) health ministry announced yesterday that it has received reports of 25 fever cases with symptoms similar to Ebola in North Kivu province in the eastern part of the country.
In a statement, it said the affected area is in the Mangina health district.
As lawmakers consider changes to nonmedical vaccine exemptions, report highlights measles outbreak burden on health departments and taxpayers.
A new interim report shows the UK livestock industry is making progress toward 2020 antibiotic targets.
It's not known if the new Bombali virus can spread to people, but it has the potential to enter human cells.
The number of outpatient antibiotic claims fell 0.2% from 2011 through 2015.
