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Outpatient visits for flulike illness fell below the US national baseline of 2.2% last week, the first time since late November, but nine new flu-related deaths in kids were reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest weekly update.
An international team of researchers reported yesterday that more than a third of patients hospitalized with liver cirrhosis and bacterial infections were infected with multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens, according to a news release from the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
In 2017, the number of global wild poliovirus cases sank to its lowest level, WHO and CDC researchers say.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals yesterday announced a partnership to support Inovio's development of candidate vaccines against Lassa fever and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
A study yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control has found that only 62% of reported cases of healthcare facility–onset Clostridium difficile (HO-CDI) at a New York hospital met clinical criteria.
Infectious virus was found in 3 of 78 samples, all within 30 days of illness onset.
Six people have been hospitalized, including one with a serious kidney condition; no food source has been confirmed.
Yesterday Liberian health officials warned of a monkeypox outbreak in the southern county of River Cess, according to China's state news service, Xinhua.
So far, officials have confirmed four cases of the smallpox-like virus, which is not typically deadly but can last several weeks. Officials are also monitoring some suspected cases. The incubation period for monkeypox can be up to 10 days, with lesions lasting 2 to 5 weeks.
Chinese and Swedish researchers have detected the colistin resistance gene MCR-5 in an Aeromonas hydrophila isolate from pigs in rural China, according to a study today in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Investigators should cast a wide net when testing health workers, new data show.
Nearly 57% of short-stay nursing home residents harbor multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) near the time of admission and at discharge, according to University of Michigan researchers.
The CDC reports 95 new cases, for a total of 265 in 8 states, but with more than 90% in Iowa.
The new molecule can target a wide range of bacteria and doesn't develop resistance.
A large study in children ages 6 months through 5 years that compared an adjuvanted flu shot with the inactivated injectable version found that, overall, both offered similar protection against lab-confirmed flu, but the adjuvanted vaccine was significantly more effective in the youngest age-group.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed a new case of MERS-CoV yesterday.
Officials have diagnosed an 85-year-old Saudi man from Al Hawiyah as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). He is in stable condition, and the MOH said the patient had direct contact with camels, a known risk factor for MERS.
In total, 132 cases in 32 states are tied to kratom, an herbal alternative to opioids.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) yesterday issued a health advisory about six confirmed measles cases, plus another from Nevada linked to the cluster. The Bay-area cases are from Santa Clara (5) and Alameda (1) counties and involve unvaccinated people.
Only two states reported high levels of influenza-like illness (ILI) last week, according to the latest influenza surveillance data reported today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And only 11 states, down from the previous week's 16, recorded widespread influenza activity.
England's chief medical officer has sent letters to more than 8,000 general practitioners (GPs) telling them that they're overprescribing antibiotics, according to a report today in Pulse, a UK medical publication.
