Canadian researchers have identified a ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhea isolate in a Canadian patient, according to a new report in Emerging Infectious Diseases. It's one of only a handful of ceftriaxone-resistant N gonorrhea isolates reported worldwide.
European health and food safety agencies have established a set of indicators to assess progress in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and reducing antimicrobial use in humans and food-producing animals.
Surveillance report finds rising incidence of E coli bacteremia, declining antibiotic consumption in England.
Investigators found rising nonsusceptibility in E coli isolates, but decreasing resistance in other gram-negative pathogens.
Transmission chain mapping points to prolonged colistin use in livestock and poultry.
Many nations are following up on last year's pledges, and 85% of nations have action plans in the works or completed.
Researchers at the University of Washington report in Clinical Infectious Diseases that a subclone of the emerging global pathogen Escherichia coli sequence type (ST) 131 is not as prevalent in children as adults but is nearly as dominant in drug-resistant E coli infections in children.
Litter (bird feces) used as fertilizer may play a key role.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced a new case of MERS-CoV yesterday, in a patient who had contact with camels, a known risk factor for contracting the virus.
Researchers say the findings could have serious health implications.
