A national survey has found that antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) in US nursing homes have become more comprehensive since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) required the facilities to have them, researchers from Columbia University School of Nursing reported yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
CARB-X yesterday announced additional funding to expand development of a vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus.
The addition of a beta-lactam antibiotic to daptomycin is associated with improved clinical outcomes in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (MRSA BSIs), researchers reported yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
A surveillance study of Italian hospitals found improved compliance with surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) guidelines over a 6-year period, Italian researchers reported yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
An investigation in Cairo has identified vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) in camel meat samples and slaughterhouse workers, Egyptian researchers reported in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
A cost-effectiveness analysis indicates a Staphylococcus aureus decolonization protocol for patients undergoing hip and knee replacement could result in cost savings and fewer surgical-site infections (SSIs), Canadian researchers reported yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
The World Health Organization (WHO) polio emergency committee met for the 21st time last week and unanimously agreed that the spread of polio still remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) under International Health Regulations.
MDRO contamination rates ranged from 11.9% to 28.5% across 6 facilities.
Chinese and US researchers report today in Clinical Infectious Diseases that macrolide use is associated with an almost double rate of antibiotic resistance in urethritis caused by Mycoplasma genitalium in men, and a related commentary questions whether it's time for the US and Canada to reconsider macrolides as first-line empiric treatment for men with symptomatic urethritis.
Iranian investigators have discovered a high rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a common superbug, in two types of cockroaches found in hospitals, according to a study yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.
