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Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Jun 17, 2021

Korean study details risk factors for drug-resistant organisms in COVID patients

Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) were isolated in more than a quarter of South Korean patients with confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia and microbial culture results, with corticosteroid use identified as a significant risk factor, researchers reported yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.

  • MDROs in COVID patients
  • Antibiotic use on UK pig farms

News Scan for May 24, 2021

Rapid test linked to quicker optimal therapy for blood infections

Implementation of a test that provides rapid bacterial identification and susceptibility results from positive blood cultures shortened the time to optimal antibiotic therapy and reduced unnecessary antibiotic exposure in hospitalized patients with bacteremia, researchers reported late last week in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

  • Rapid bacteremia test
  • Launch of pathogen-sharing lab

News Scan for Apr 19, 2021

CARB-X to fund development of bacteriophage-based drug

CARB-X announced today that it is awarding Phico Therapeutics of Cambridge, United Kingdom, up to $5.3 million to develop an intravenous bacteriophage drug to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

  • CARB-X funds phage treatment
  • MRSA risk for dog owners

News Scan for Apr 16, 2021

MRSA hospital return tied to extensive antibiotic exposure, C diff infection

Secondary analysis of patients from a postdischarge decolonization trial of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers found that re-hospitalization for MRSA was associated with extensive exposure to non-MRSA antibiotics and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), researchers reported today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

  • Antibiotic use in re-hospitalized MRSA patients
  • H1N1v flu case in Wisconsin
  • Polio in 10 countries

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Mar 17, 2021

Indian scientists isolate Candida auris in the environment

A team of Indian scientists yesterday reported the detection of Candida auris isolates from two sampling sites on islands in the Indian Ocean—the first time the multidrug-resistant yeast has been isolated in a natural environment. The discovery was reported in mBio.

  • Candida auris in the environment
  • Contact precautions for MRSA

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Mar 16, 2021

FDA approves Melinta's Kimyrsa for skin infections

Melinta Therapeutics of Morristown, New Jersey, announced yesterday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Kimyrsa (oritavancin) for treatment of adult patients with acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections (ABSSSIs) caused by susceptible gram-positive pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

  • Antibiotic approved for skin infections
  • COVID-linked rise in hospital infections
  • School policy on antibiotics in turkey

News Scan for Mar 09, 2021

Online self-reported COVID-19 symptom checkers may delay treatment

The US and UK digital COVID-19 symptom checkers consistently suggest less healthcare contact than Singapore's and Japan's, which may cause more serious outcomes, according to a study released yesterday by BMJ Health & Care Informatics.

  • COVID-19 symptom checkers
  • Pollen exposure and COVID-19
  • CARB-X funds for S aureus vaccine

News Scan for Nov 02, 2020

Study highlights role of hospital floors in spread of healthcare pathogens

Hospital room floors could be an underappreciated source of healthcare-associated pathogen spread, including those resistant to antibiotics, according to a study today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

  • Hospital floor bacterial pathogens
  • Avian flu in 4 countries

News Scan for Sep 15, 2020

New guidelines issued for S aureus prevention, control in NICUs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new recommendations for the prevention and control of Staphylococcus aureus in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients.

  • Staph prevention in NICUs
  • Gains in HPV vaccine uptake

News Scan for May 29, 2020

Canadian data show rise in MRSA, VRE blood infections

Data collected from Canadian acute care hospitals show significant increases in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) bloodstream infections (BSIs) in recent years, according to a study in the Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR).

  • Drug-resistant bloodstream infections
  • Ebola vaccine recommendation
  • Polio in 6 countries

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