The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) yesterday announced the launch of a £10 million ($13 million) research competition to fund innovative efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Men had higher expression of antimicrobial resistance genes, a finding that may have implications for the growing threat of resistant gonorrhea.
The results show a wide diversity of gonorrhea strains both within and among nations.
The cases indicate a need for action to preserve the last remaining effective treatment.
UK officials today report good news on the outcome of the man treated for a highly resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection, but they also note two similar cases in Australia.
The isolate shows high-level resistance to azithromycin and resistance to ceftriaxone.
A separate paper details ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhea cases in Australia.
An online survey of frontline prescribers found mostly positive attitudes toward antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) but also identified several specific deficiencies related to knowledge, prescribing practices, and awareness of available resources, according to a study yesterday in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
According to an updated situation report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), there are now 61 monkeypox cases in that country, 5 more than last month. This is Africa's largest-ever monkeypox outbreak.
The number of confirmed, probable, and suspected cases in Madagascar's plague outbreak has climbed to 849, 67 of them fatal, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in an update. The totals reflect increases of 165 cases and 10 deaths since the WHO's last report on Oct 12.
