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Hospital-acquired and ventilator-related pneumonia get a 7-day course, IDSA says.
After a quiet 3 months, France is reporting avian flu activity in the southwestern part of the country, according to Avian Flu Diary, an infectious disease blog. The 2 new outbreaks raise the total number of French outbreaks to 79 since November of 2015.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported another outbreak of Salmonella linked to live poultry in backyard flocks, with 287 new cases and 10 previously unaffected states reporting infections. Those cases nearly double the 324 that the CDC reported on Jun 2.
How spread occurred is unresolved, but high virus levels might be a factor.
The plan would ensure sustainable global access while combating resistance.
Artesunate-mefloquine was as effective as the popular artemether-lumefantrine combo therapy.
In the latest round of lab studies to pinpoint how Zika virus infects and causes birth defects in fetuses, researchers today reported several new clues related to the route and timing of infection, differences between the two viral strains, and even an antibiotic with the potential to block some of the damage.
Data from 2014 showed that resistance to the antibiotic azithromycin quadrupled from 2013.
After a woman returned to the US from a Zika-affected area, a single act of intercourse likely transmitted the virus.
In its weekly yellow fever situation report, the World Health Organization (WHO) today noted 73 more cases of the disease in Angola, bringing that country's suspected cases to 3,625.
Also, studies explore Zika-dengue antibody dynamics and co-infections with chikungunya.
Cameroon's recent outbreak is its first since 2006 and signals southern movement of the virus, the FAO said.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV today that is not related to the current outbreak that began at the King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh.
The MOH said a 86-year-old Saudi man from Al Aflaj is in stable condition after having symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). This is the second case since May in Al Aflaj, located in the central part of the country.
The microcephaly case is the 4th in a US state, and the CDC says Olympic travel poses a low Zika risk.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the age indication for Pfizer's Prevnar 13, the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine, allowing its use in adults ages 18 through 49 years old, the company said yesterday in a press release.
Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey reported outbreaks, which a USDA spokesperson said are not uncommon at live markets.
About 5% of adults reported non-prescription use in the past year, while 25% said they were willing to do so.
Vector control experts voice concern over a CDC/EPA plan to spray in Puerto Rico.
A French research team yesterday reported the first known detection of Zika virus in the genital tract of an infected woman, along with signs that it persists there after it clears from blood and urine. The team, from Guadeloupe and Toulouse, reported its findings in a letter to The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Italian researchers, meanwhile, said they detected a variant of the MCR-1 gene.
