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One patient has died and 12 are hospitalized; Maradol papayas are the likely culprit.
The study shows that even a 5% drop in vaccine coverage could trigger a significant outbreak.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today updated its recommendations for testing pregnant women for Zika virus, mainly because one of the most frequently used tests—which detected immunoglobulin B (IgM) antibodies—is more likely to yield a false positive result, especially as incidence of the disease in the Americas decreases.
A new study in Emerging Infectious Diseases describes the physical and financial burden of a nosocomial outbreak caused by New Delhi metallo (NDM) beta-lactamase–containing Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Researchers say the findings could have serious health implications.
In just over 3 months, Yemen has reported more than 368,000 cases, the most in a single year.
For the third week in a row, China reported just one H7N9 avian influenza case, a sign that the fifth and biggest wave of infections may be drawing to a close.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jul 20
A study today in Genome Biology suggests methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) emerged several years before methicillin was used to treat S aureus infections.
The study says the funding has spurred growth of US jobs while bringing lifesaving products to the world.
If illness from the fungus becomes more common, "We are dealing with the potential for a highly resistant bug to really take off."
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, yesterday announced the second year of funding to states—totaling $30.9 million—to support the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Yemen confirms another 35,000 cholera cases, while Somalia reports a slight slowdown, with only 1,121 new cases.
Officials say atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow") was detected in an 11-year-old cow.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced a multistate Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to microbiology laboratories that has sickened 24 people in 16 states. The infections have been associated with clinical, commercial, and teaching labs.
Members of the World Health Organization's (WHO's) food standards–setting body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, agreed yesterday to update guidelines aimed at reducing antimicrobial resistance along the food chain.
Recommendations focus on pre- and probiotics, countermeasures, and prevention steps.
A study yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases that measured the time between symptom onset and diagnosis in 537 patients with MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia found that patients were diagnosed 0 to 36 days after symptoms appeared, with a median of 4 days.
A retrospective analysis of antibiotic prescriptions in England published yesterday in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy found that nearly 8% of all antibiotics dispensed in primary care are prescribed by non-medical prescribers (NMPs), mostly nurses.
Babies living in countries affected by conflict made up more than half of the total of unvaccinated group.
