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In addition, Oman reports its first MERS case of the year, in a middle-aged man.
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded drug maker Summit Therapeutics $32 million over the next 2 years for development of a new antibiotic for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).
Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, who stepped down as the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the end of the Obama administration, today announced the launch of a $225 million initiative to combat infectious disease outbreaks and heart disease and stroke throughout the world, according to media reports.
Point-of-care tests, shared decision making, and procalcitonin-guided therapy were singled out.
Experts ponder why FluMist performed poorly in the US but well elsewhere.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 39 cases of Campylobacter infections have been identified in people who had recently come into contact with puppies at Petland pet stores.
New research presented today at the annual meeting of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) indicates that children with asthma are more likely to be prescribed antibiotics than those without a diagnosis of asthma, even though antibiotics are not recommended for asthma treatment.
The worrisome, deadly Klebsiella pneumoniae strains reported in China last week could be a harbinger.
Flu vaccination in adults ages 50 and older doesn't appear to raise the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), according to a new study published in Vaccine that examined the connection between the two factors.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A systematic review by South African experts yesterday of 10 studies estimates the prevalence of colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) at 17% in pregnant or postpartum African women, higher than women in middle- to high-income settings.
The results represent a risk for colonization of neonates with ESBL-E.
Also, waning immunity probably contributes to outbreaks, the study found.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported another new case of MERS-CoV in Riyadh today.
A 48-year-old male expatriate from the capital city was diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) after presenting with symptoms of the virus. He is in critical condition. The man's source of infection is listed as "pimary," meaning it's unlikely he contracted the virus from another person.
In the latest gain-of-function (GOF) study, South Korean researchers have substituted genes from H5N1 avian influenza onto an H5N8 avian flu virus and found that it caused greater pathogenicity and up to a 1,000-fold greater virulence in mice.
Researchers report a 97.4% efficacy for the 9-strain HPV vaccine.
IDSA leaders take aim at proposed cuts they say could cripple efforts to battle antimicrobial resistance.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS-CoV yesterday and today.
Yesterday, a 37-year-old Saudi man from Al Hofuf was diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). He is in critical condition. The MOH said the source of his infection was primary, meaning he likely did not contract the disease from another person.
A team of scientists in the United States and the United Kingdom have identified additional benefits in a new class of antibacterial compounds that specifically kill Clostridium difficile strains without disrupting beneficial bacteria in the gut, according to a study today in Science Translational Medicine.
White children are more likely to get antibiotics for viral respiratory infections.
The vaccine it has been developing with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has been halted.
