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Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Oct 28
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added 1 case and 3 hospitalizations to a multistate Salmonella outbreak—now at 21 cases—tied to salami sticks sold at Trader Joe's and Wegmans, and earlier this week the agency declared its investigation into a Salmonella outbreak tied to Italian-style meats over after 40 cases in 17 states.
Also, a syringe shortage looms, and African nations lag woefully in COVID-19 vaccine uptake.
Of parents polled, 30% will definitely not get their child vaccinated, and 33% will wait and see.
The cheap drug fluvoxamine reduced the need for a long emergency department visit or a hospital stay.
Use of a rapid diagnostic test in patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs) was associated with shorter times to optimal antibiotic therapy and antibiotic de-escalation, researchers reported yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The monoclonal antibody sotrovimab reduced the risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19 by 85% compared with placebo, according to an interim analysis of a phase 3 clinical trial published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"Reported allergy symptoms did not impede the completion of the 2-dose vaccine protocol."
CDC director says the nation is "now heading in the right direction, but needs to remain vigilant."
An agreement with the UN eases access in low- and middle-income countries to molnupiravir.
Formula feeding is associated with a 70% increase in antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) abundance in the gut microbiome of infants compared with breast milk, US and Finnish researchers reported this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
COVID-mitigating behavior such as physical distancing and mask use didn't change after receipt of vaccination prior to government exemptions, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
Understanding the role of social gatherings in community spread has important implications for colleges, the author says.
Experts approve the vaccine in children 5 to 11 on an emergency use basis.
Also, a new report says failures with the global response include inequality, inaction, and political division.
Business groups are pleading with the Biden administration to delay mandates for private firms till after the holiday season.
A guaranteed $25 cash card for both vaccine recipients and drivers of vaccine recipients lessened slowing COVID-19 vaccine uptake at participating sites in North Carolina, according to a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine yesterday.
Positive pneumococcal urinary antigen testing (PUAT) results among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) was associated with earlier time to de-escalation of antibiotics, according to a single-center study published last week in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Most federal relief funds went to the already best-resourced facilities, one study finds.
The news comes as Russia reports a daily high in cases and Germany sees rising infections.
