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ECDC warns of rising antibiotic-resistance threat

(CIDRAP News) – New surveillance data in Europe show a steep rise in the percentage of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia, a drug-resistant issue seen as a growing threat in the United States as well.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 death confirmed, H1N1 infection rate, MRSA in veterinarians, uptake of teen vaccines

Nov 15, 2011

 

Risk factors in kids who died of 2009 H1N1 included MRSA

(CIDRAP News) – A study billed as the largest to date of children who were critically ill with 2009 H1N1 influenza infections shows that neurologic conditions, immune problems, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) coinfections increased their risk of dying.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Alleged ricin plot, Salmonella testing in pet food, MRSA risk factors

 

NEWS SCAN: UK H1N1 deaths, mandatory flu vaccination, MRSA in pets, resistant Acinetobacter

Nov 1, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Airborne agent detectors, assay for anthrax and plague, HAI declines, EU measles cases

Oct 19, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: MRSA in the NICU, immunization reminders, polio campaign in China, drop in antibiotic prescribing

 

NEWS SCAN: Listeria death toll at 23, non-O157 E coli request, H1N1 vaccine events, resistant hospital infections, global TB drop

Oct 12, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Bioterror program nixed, measles from Malaysia, global antibiotic-resistance trends

Sep 22, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Cholera in Africa, C diff in chicken, contaminated hospital uniforms, rural dengue, HFMD hits football team

 

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