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An analysis of diagnostic reports from a veterinary clinic in Singapore suggests sick companion pets could be a reservoir for multidrug-resistant bacteria, according to a letter published in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
Of 18 cases, 15 are in Florida; the meat producer has not been named.
A new white paper from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) advises against routine testing for Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infection (CDI) in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients.
One more case has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) latest Ebola outbreak, in a patient from Beni, the health ministry said yesterday in its latest update.
The study provides evidence that population immunity is critical for the successful phase-out of oral polio vaccines.
Goma is the capital of North Kivu province, near the border with Rwanda.
Clinical follow-up of 141 babies born with congenital Zika virus problems who were evaluated at a referral center in Brazil revealed that 67% experienced epilepsy, a prevalence that was higher than the 9% to 50% reported in earlier studies. Researchers from Brazil described their findings today in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine.
A systematic review and analysis of available evidence by researchers in the United Kingdom has identified previous antibiotic exposure, underlying disease, and invasive procedures as the top risk factors for antibiotic resistance in humans.
Cases are at 112 (84 confirmed); officials are also tracking 18 suspected cases.
The new data mark a 4th straight year of "steep and sustained" increases.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow" disease) in a 6-year-old beef cow in Florida.
The British Society of Gastroenterology and the Healthcare Infection Society have published guidelines for the use and screening of fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) in patients with recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).
The resistant E coli sublineage ST131-H22 has become established in poultry.
A new study in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy shows that Internet-based communication training might be a cost-effective way to limit primary care antibiotic prescriptions when compared with C-reactive protein (CRP) testing.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) recently announced a collaboration with Germany-based IDT Biologika worth up to $36 million to develop and produce a vaccine against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
Also, 3 experts assert that pregnant and lactating women should get the vaccine.
The substitution of bedaquiline for second-line injectable antibiotics (SLIs) in a small group of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) resulted in improved outcomes, South African researchers report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc. late last week issued a public health alert over Salmonella illnesses in several states that might be tied to raw chicken products.
There are as many as two more suspected cases in the town in North Kivu.
