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An international survey of 183 pediatric patients with the rare but serious COVID-19–related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) shows broad clinical presentations, from mild illness featuring fever and inflammation to life-threatening shock similar to that of Kawasaki disease (KD).
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jan 28
More than half of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions at Chinese hospitals over a 3.5-year period were inappropriate, Chinese researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
A modeling study published yesterday in The Lancet estimates that vaccination against 10 diseases from 2000 to 2030 will prevent 69 million vaccine-preventable deaths (VPDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The findings suggest many patients recover very slowly after hospital release.
Also, an expert warns about hospital oxygen shortages and Novavax reports good phase 3 vaccine data.
Despite more supply chain initiatives, they are heavily focused in certain markets.
Patients are arriving at hospitals sicker, leading some to suspect a deadlier variant.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 had a case-fatality rate 13.6 times higher than similarly aged people with COVID, according to a study published this week in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
The potential impact of antibiotics on child growth may be age-dependent.
In other developments, 70 countries have now detected the B117 variant, and more nations have also reported the 501Y.V2 and P.1 variants.
"In-person schooling for children has numerous health and societal benefits," the authors of a new study say.
The new plans come as more Americans are open to being immunized and amid signs of stabilizing cases.
COVID-19 patients diagnosed as having schizophrenia spectrum disorder—but not those with mood or anxiety disorders—were linked to an increased risk of death, according to an observational cohort study published today in JAMA Psychiatry.
A coalition of animal welfare, public health, environmental, and consumer organizations is speaking out against use of the One Health Certified (OHC) label on chicken and turkey products, claiming the standards behind the label don't protect against overuse of medically important antibiotics in food-producing animals.
Of 1.2 million students, 10.5% had psychological distress, with high school seniors especially affected.
In other developments, Belgium, the Philippines, and Brazil see signs of B117 variant spread, and the WHO updates its clinical guidance.
Also, President Biden sets a new goal of 1.5 million vaccine doses administered each day.
A Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak in Kenya that began in the middle of November has led to 21 infections, 9 of them fatal, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said yesterday in its weekly outbreaks and health emergencies report.
While 10.1% of first responders and public service personnel in New York City reported positive COVID test results, 22.5% had COVID-19–specific antibodies in their blood, with even higher rates in prison staff and emergency medical technicians (EMTs), according to an Emerging Infectious Diseases study yesterday.
