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The CDC says other antibiotics should be considered for prevention among close contacts in areas where ciprofloxacin-resistant cases have been reported.
Gepotidacin showed non-inferiority in one phase 3 trial, and superiority in another, compared with first-line treatments for uncomplicated UTIs.
The latest case, which was fatal, marks the third of 2024.
At 3 months, 17% of the intervention group reported that their overall health was "much better now," compared with 8% in the usual-care group.
The report, one of two released this week by the AMR Industry Alliance, says lack of opportunities is driving scientists from the field.
Functional decline during or after hospitalization is tied to adverse health outcomes, prolonged hospital stays, and more episodes of early hospital admission.
Sporadic infections will likely continue, especially in areas where H5N1 is still endemic in poultry.
The portable test from Visby Medical will be able to detect gonorrhea and assess susceptibility to ciprofloxacin.
CWD prions (misfolded proteins) were found in a county scrape, or area that bucks defoliate by pawing, in June.
In the event of administrative removal of these products, clinicians and consumers could substitute oral pseudoephedrine or intranasal decongestants such as phenylephrine or oxymetazoline, the authors say.
The hospitalization ratio of human rhinovirus to RSV days was 51%.
Vector-borne illnesses have doubled over the past two decades, as the number of pathogens grows and affected areas expand.
A total of 162,886 of these excess natural-cause deaths (90% PI, 14,276 to 308,480) were not reported as COVID-19.
The association was stronger in obese women than in those of a healthy weight.
With the pipeline for new antibiotics weak and underfunded, vaccines are seen as a potential tool for preventing the infections that drive antibiotic use and resistance.
The mortality rate for babies born to mothers who were vaccinated during pregnancy was half the rate of those whose mothers were unvaccinated.
The low-cost lateral flow assay showed high sensitivity and specificity in 400 patients with symptoms of gonorrhea, and results were available in 30 minutes.
The study combined data from 3 earlier smaller studies across 6 diverse sites.
As of 2022, 58% of makers of drugs bound for the US market were located overseas, the report notes.
During the study period, the rate of serious psychological distress among adults increased from 3.5% to 4.2%
