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Despite pockets of vaccine resistance that has led to a surge in measles cases in the United States, a new poll found that 87% of Americans believe the measles virus is dangerous and that 87% believe the vaccine against it is safe.
Researchers from Cornell University have discovered another variant of the mobile colistin-resistance gene MCR, according to a study yesterday in mBio.
Other high-priority diseases include West Nile, plague, rabies, and brucellosis.
Changes that broaden the reach of the vaccines reflect persistent insecurity problems, feedback from experts, and input from Ebola-hit communities.
A study yesterday in BMC Infectious Diseases by Pakistani researchers describes the wide range of invasive infections and high mortality rate associated with the multidrug-resistant fungus Candida auris.
A 38-year-old man and his pregnant wife, 37, died in Mongolia from bubonic plague after eating tainted marmot meat, according to a report in The Siberian Times.
The Mongolian Ministry of Health confirmed the cause of death, and issued a quarantine for Ulgii, the town where the couple lived, leaving several dozen tourists stranded. The quarantine lifted yesterday, the BBC reported.
But gentamicin combined with azithromycin might be appropriate for some patients.
With 43 new cases and 37 new deaths, the outbreak has reached 1,572 cases and 1,045 deaths.
The US count grew by 60, to 764 cases, the most in 25 years, while Europe has recorded 13 deaths.
Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program intervention at 27 nursing homes in North Carolina was associated with reductions in urine culture and culture-positive rates, according to a study today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. But high proportions of antimicrobial resistance were still observed among common urinary pathogens.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) recently recorded a new case of MERS-CoV in Riyadh in an epidemiologic week 18 update.
A 59-year-old man from Riyadh was diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The man's case is listed as "primary," meaning he likely did not contract the disease from someone else. It is unknown if he had recent contact with camels.
This year has seen 119 violent attacks, with 85 health workers injured or killed.
PACCARB experts cite a critical need for mandatory, not voluntary, stewardship programs.
A carbapenem-sparing empiric antibiotic regimen at a referral center for acute leukemia patients in Utah was associated with significant reduction in vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) colonization, researchers reported today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The World Health Organization (WHO) office in Nepal yesterday shared more details about the country's first human H5N1 avian flu infection, a fatal case first reported by local media outlets.
Researchers used CRISPR to modify cells to overexpress human virus receptors.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) health ministry said today that Ebola infections have been confirmed in 15 more people, 2 of them health workers.
The results of a comparative safety study show that the use of quinolone ear drops to treat acute otitis externa (AOE) in children and adults is associated with a previously unreported increased risk of tympanic membrane perforation (TMP), researchers from the University of Florida report today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The outbreak has reached 1,495 cases and 984 deaths, including 406 cases and 308 deaths in April.
Confirmed and probable Candida auris cases in the United States through Mar 31 rose to 643, an increase of 56 from the end of February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update yesterday.
