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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.
Cancer patients who received systemic treatment like chemotherapy or radiation in the 3 months before testing positive for COVID-19 were at increased risk of death, admission to an intensive care unit (ICU), and hospitalization, according to a study yesterday in JAMA Oncology.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Oct 28
The cheap drug fluvoxamine reduced the need for a long emergency department visit or a hospital stay.
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 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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
Business groups are pleading with the Biden administration to delay mandates for private firms till after the holiday season.
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.
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.
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.
Also, Moderna announces promising immune response and safety data for its vaccine in kids ages 6 to 11.
