A randomized clinical trial found that fosfomycin did not demonstrate noninferiority to comparator antibiotics for bacteremic urinary tract infections (bUTIs) caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli, but it could remain an option for select patients, researchers reported yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
A team of Indian scientists yesterday reported the detection of Candida auris isolates from two sampling sites on islands in the Indian Ocean—the first time the multidrug-resistant yeast has been isolated in a natural environment. The discovery was reported in mBio.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) yesterday announced a new Ebola case, its first since September, which involves a woman who died from her infection in Butembo, one of the main hot spots in the country's 10th outbreak that was centered in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
Five barriers to better antibiotic decision-making at hospital discharge emerged after John Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers interviewed healthcare workers and discharged patients.
Two new studies highlight the threat posed by the multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris to hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
In a study today in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, US and Colombian researchers report that nearly one-third of the pediatric invasive Candida bloodstream infections (BSIs) analyzed at two Colombian pediatric hospitals were caused by Candida auris.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola emergency committee that met today to review the outbreak situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recommended continuing the public health emergency of international concern under International Health Regulations.
Candida auris formed biofilms that were 10 times as dense as those formed by C albicans.
The authors say the finding is concerning and emphasize the role of repeat susceptibility tests.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new toolkit to improve antibiotic use in acute care hospitals.
