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News Scan for Jul 02, 2021

Pain associated with worse COVID-19 in sickle cell disease

A history of pain in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients—the disease's most common complication—is associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes in children and adults, according to a Blood Advances study yesterday. SCD-related organ comorbidities were also related to worse COVID-19 outcomes in children.

  • COVID-19 in sickle cell disease
  • COVID risk for emergency responders
  • Cyclospora prevention
  • Polio in Nigeria
  • Maine Powassan virus case

News Scan for Jun 28, 2021

Chinese study finds lower prevalence of MCR-1 in healthy residents

The prevalence of the colistin-resistance gene MCR-1 in healthy residents of a Chinese city declined following China's ban on colistin as a growth promoter in livestock in 2017, researchers reported today in Clinical Microbiology and Infection. But seafood may be an emerging risk factor for MCR-1 colonization.

  • MCR-1 colonization in China
  • Salmonella and shrimp
  • Jamestown Canyon virus in NJ

News Scan for Jun 03, 2021

ICU beds increased a net 10% during early COVID-19

US intensive care unit (ICU) beds increased a net 10% amid the COVID-19 pandemic, from April to July 2020, over 2019 baselines, according to a study today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

  • More ICU beds amid pandemic
  • Rare AstraZeneca COVID vaccine clots
  • Breaded chicken Salmonella outbreak

News Scan for Jun 02, 2021

Study identifies metrics tied to respiratory infection antibiotic overuse

More than two thirds of antibiotics prescribed for respiratory tract infections at primary care practices within an academic health system were inappropriate, with unnecessary prescribing strongly linked to respiratory infections that almost never require antibiotics, researchers reported today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

  • Antibiotic overuse for respiratory infections
  • New antifungal approved
  • BARDA pandemic readiness accelerator
  • Food safety tool
  • Avian flu in Africa, Europe

News Scan for May 20, 2021

Pneumococcal vaccines may affect use of kids' antibiotics

Antibiotic prescribing for young children in Israel sharply declined following implementation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), Israeli researchers reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

  • Pneumococcal vaccine and kids' antibiotics
  • Expert panel on zoonotic diseases
  • CWD expands in Virginia
  • Final ground turkey Salmonella update

News Scan for May 17, 2021

CDC wraps up latest queso fresco Listeria outbreak investigation

An investigation into a Listeria moncytogenes outbreak linked to a New Jersey company's queso fresco cheese has ended, with 14 cases reported in four states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said May 14 in a final update.

  • Queso fresco Listeria probe ends
  • Possible onion Salmonella source

News Scan for Apr 23, 2021

Phase 2 trial shows high efficacy for malaria vaccine candidate

The results of a phase 2b clinical trial indicate 77% efficacy over 12 months of follow-up for a vaccine that targets malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, according to a preprint study published this week in The Lancet.

  • Malaria vaccine trial
  • Bacterial coinfections in flu patients
  • Vegan cheese Salmonella outbreak

News Scan for Apr 12, 2021

Audit and feedback, prior approval may reduce fluoroquinolone use

A study of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals found that prospective audit and feedback (PAF) and prior-approval strategies focused on fluoroquinolone use were associated with lower fluoroquinolone prescribing rates, US researchers reported today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

  • Fluoroquinolone stewardship
  • Antibiotic resistance in water, environment
  • Salmonella ground turkey outbreak
  • H5N8 avian flu in Germany

News Scan for Apr 07, 2021

1 in 3 COVID survivors develop neurologic, psychological conditions

One in three COVID-19 survivors were diagnosed as having a neurologic or psychological condition within 6 months after their coronavirus diagnosis, according to a study yesterday in The Lancet Psychiatry. The researchers noted that disease severity was linked to higher risk.

  • Post-COVID neuro, psych conditions
  • Moderna COVID vaccine antibodies
  • Leafy greens E coli probe

News Scan for Apr 05, 2021

B117 shows similar aerosol stability as other strains

The COVID-19 B117 strain, which was first identified in the United Kingdom, has similar aerosol stability compared with three other COVID strains, so transmissibility differences are most likely due to other factors, according to a study last week in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

  • B117 COVID aerosol stability
  • COVID and venous thromboembolism
  • Raw milk Campylobacter outbreak

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