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News Scan for May 22, 2020

Clinicians detail coinfections with C difficile, COVID-19 virus

A study by researchers from Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University highlights the risk of Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI) among COVID-19 patients linked to antibiotic use. The findings appeared in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

  • C diff in COVID-19 patients
  • Pharmacist review for Staph bacteremia
  • Romaine E coli and cattle proximity
  • Polio in Afghanistan, Pakistan

News Scan for Apr 23, 2020

CDC ends investigation into sprout-linked E coli outbreak that sickened 51

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update yesterday that it has concluded its investigation into a 10-state outbreak of Escherichia coli linked to contaminated clover sprouts that sickened 51 people, up 12 from the agency's Mar 19 update.

  • E coli sproutbreak probe ends
  • Ebola case connections
  • Concern over immunizations
  • WHO malaria warning
  • Combo treatment for anthrax

News Scan for Mar 20, 2020

CDC: Uptick in visits for flulike illness likely linked to COVID-19

There was a sharp uptick last week in US clinic visits for influenza-like illness (ILI), according to the latest FluView report today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but CDC officials say that could reflect more people seeking care for respiratory illness as COVID-19 spreads across the country.

  • Uptick in US visits for flulike illness
  • E coli sproutbreak
  • Ebola in DRC
  • 3 Saudi MERS cases
  • Polio in 5 countries

News Scan for Feb 27, 2020

One new MERS case reported in Saudi Arabia in Hail

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case today. This raises the number of MERS cases recorded this month to 12.

  • MERS case in Saudi Arabia
  • E coli sproutbreak
  • Ebola vaccine for US health workers
  • Flu vaccine for kids with asthma

News Scan for Feb 26, 2020

Study ranks relative effectiveness of influenza vaccines in seniors

A study today in the Journal of Infectious Diseases found that egg-based adjuvanted and high-dose (HD) flu vaccines had slightly higher relative vaccine effectiveness (RVE) than egg-based quadrivalent (four-strain) vaccines in nearly 13 million Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older during the 2018-19 flu season.

  • Flu vaccine protection in elderly
  • FDA warns Jimmy John's about outbreaks

News Scan for Feb 20, 2020

Surveys find less antibiotic-resistant bacteria in UK chicken meat

The United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency (FSA) released two surveillance reports this week on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in chicken meat.

  • Antibiotic resistance in UK chicken meat
  • Contact isolation in European hospitals
  • Fast detection of carbapenem resistance
  • Lassa fever in Nigeria

News Scan for Jan 16, 2020

One new MERS case in Saudi Arabia; WHO details December infections

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported one more MERS-CoV case recorded earlier this week, the fourth to be reported in January.

  • Another Saudi MERS case
  • Tests negative in Kentucky probe
  • New flu vaccine candidate for seniors
  • E coli in salad mix
  • Avian flu outbreaks

News Scan for Jan 15, 2020

CDC: E coli outbreak linked to romaine appears over after 167 cases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections tied to contaminated romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, appears to be over.

  • E coli lettuce probe over
  • Americans' mistrust of vaccines
  • Infectious disease probe in Kentucky
  • Flu in kids with asthma

News Scan for Dec 20, 2019

Multistate E coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce grows to 138 cases

The multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections tied to contaminated romaine lettuce has grown by 36 illnesses, for a total of 138 cases in 25 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update yesterday.

  • More romaine E coli
  • Polio in 6 countries
  • MERS vaccine trial

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Dec 18, 2019

Contact with puppies tied to MDR Campylobacter in 13 states

Puppies from Petland pet stores are again implicated in a multistate outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Campylobacter infections, this time affecting at least 30 people in 13 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in an update.

  • Resistant Campylobacter and puppies
  • CRE outbreak in Lithuania
  • Extra-intestinal E coli carriage

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