As the WHO suggests a slight change in spread, the ECDC calls for higher concern.
One report detailed the burden of healthcare-related infections, and another noted progress.
US hospitals vary widely in how they define and address key drug-resistant bacteria.
The CDC says some clinicians prescribe triple the amount of antibiotics and may put patients at risk.
The largest US outbreak so far of bacteria producing the enzyme NDM (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase), which confers resistance to most antibiotics, has been linked to a Chicago area hospital, according to the Chicago Sun-Times and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The contamination was traced to endoscopic equipment.
Worrisome findings on resistance to some last-line antibiotics for healthcare-related infections.
US flu activity increased only slightly last week, though markers stayed well below thresholds, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly update.
The number of respiratory samples that tested positive for flu edged up slightly, from 3.8% to 4.5%, and the percentage of clinic visits for flu remained at the 1.2% seen the previous week.
81% of patients in the early weeks of a large outbreak of fungal infections from steroid injections had CNS infections.
Wearing gowns and gloves in all ICU rooms didn't lower the combined levels of two key drug-resistant threats significantly.
The effectiveness of the influenza vaccine dropped from 52% at 3.5 months after vaccination to 22% more than 4 months after vaccination during the 2011-12 season, according to a study out of Spain today in BMC Infectious Diseases whose power was limited by a small sample size.
