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In South Africa, H5N8 has been detected at 2 ostrich farms in the southwest.
Also, the species might be resistant to cold temperatures.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Aug 10
A team of researchers in Sweden have developed a test that can determine antibiotic susceptibility in less than 30 minutes, according to a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS today in healthcare workers from Dumah Al Jandal, the site of a growing hospital-based outbreak.
Overall flu vaccine effectiveness was 48%, but a change in the 2009 H1N1 vaccine strain didn't fix the problem with the inhaled vaccine's effectiveness in children.
Data on infants born to women suspected of having a Zika virus infection in Texas show higher-than-average rates of birth defects and suboptimal levels of testing, according to a report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
The goal is to spur global discovery of new antibiotics to battle gram-negative bacteria.
New early-stage research out of the United Kingdom has identified a potential antibiotic candidate for treatment of drug-resistant gonorrhea.
So far nine cases have been reported in the cluster, though illness reports continue from other parts of Saudi Arabia.
Researchers also found changes in bacterial sources, but they didn't see any changes in risk factors.
The World Health Organization (WHO) released their weekly global flu update, noting that activity remained high in the temperate zone of the Southern Hemisphere and in some countries in Southeast Asia. Influenza A (H3N2) is still the predominate strain worldwide.
A review of 10 linked studies yesterday in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene indicates that introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in Africa and Afghanistan curbed use of anti-malaria drugs but was also linked to increased antibiotic prescribing.
In other developments, a WHO risk assessment covering events through July said three recent Riyadh hospital outbreaks are over.
The proposal combines market entry rewards, population-based contracts with insurers.
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reported three new highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza outbreaks on turkey farms in Italy's Lombardy region.
H5N8 was detected on Aug 4 at three commercial farms in the Medole area, which is in the northwestern part of Italy. The report said 94,700 birds are slated for culling.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today warned health providers about an increase in the number of Cyclospora cases in the United States, with 206 infections in 27 states reported so far in people who were sick on or after May 1.
Of 76 patients with available information, 35 (46%) required hospitalization.
Funds will help combat resistance, launch a TB surveillance center.
A study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that molecular-based diagnostic tests for the detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) may predict treatment response better than traditional drug susceptibility testing (DST) methods.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) identified a new case of MERS-CoV in Jeddah today and said a patient identified earlier this week has died from complications of the virus.
A 44-year-old female expatriate in Jeddah is in stable condition after being diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The source of her infection is listed as a secondary household contact.
