A new study finds that newborns who develop severe E coli infections received fewer protective antibodies against the bacteria than did healthy infants.
Seven people in California, Texas, and Florida have been sickened in the outbreak, including 4 children under the age of 3.
Daily lab monitoring for thrombotic microangiopathy identified all future hemolytic uremic syndrome cases.
On January 19, a broken pipe dumped more than 200 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac.
The oral, whole-cell vaccine for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was safe and induced protective efficacy in young children in Gambia.
A US surveillance study found a higher incidence rate of invasive E coli than expected, and worrisome levels of antibiotic resistance.
The intravenous formulation of fosfomycin has a novel mechanism of action and no known cross-resistance to other antibiotic classes.
The researchers also discovered that UTIs in patients from high-poverty neighborhoods were 60% more likely to be caused by animal-to-human strains.
Molecular analysis and epidemiologic detective work helped uncover a hidden One Health connection between human and animal clusters of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections.
The CDC's FoodNet program has reduced required surveillance from 8 foodborne pathogens to 2, a move some experts warn could leave the country more vulnerable to outbreaks.
