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A new study from Germany shows no major differences in the clinical picture in those with or without HIV who contract monkeypox. The study, in HIV Medicine, was based on 546 monkeypox cases in Germany, which has one of the highest monkeypox case counts in Europe. The study is published in HIV Medicine.
Low testosterone was tied to a 2.4-fold higher risk of hospital care with COVID-19.
The CDC highlights 3 patients with atypical symptoms who received false-positive test results.
A cluster of 10 illnesses and 3 deaths is linked to a healthcare facility in the northern part of the country.
Yesterday, the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) launched the Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Accreditation Scheme (GAMSAS), which aims to support healthcare organizations globally by recognizing good practices to combat antimicrobial resistance, identifying areas for improvement, and supporting education and training.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Soon after vaccine advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday voted to recommend updated COVID boosters that target the original virus plus the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendation, paving the way for immunization to begin.
A relatively simple 6-month regimen cured 90% or more of patients who have MDR-TB.
Experts voted 13-1 to approve both boosters, which target the original strain plus the latest subvariants.
Children were more likely to be COVID orphans if they lived in poor nations with high chronic disease rates.
A handful of college campuses, as well as high schools and middle schools, are dealing with monkeypox cases.
Infections with previous COVID-19 variants offer more protection against the Omicron BA.5 subvariant in vaccinated people compared with vaccinated people who had no previous infections, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study yesterday.
Diagnostics company Avails Medical announced today that it has received an additional $1.7 million in funding from CARB-X (the Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator) to continue developing a rapid electronic antibiotic susceptibility test (AST).
Researchers say the findings could help shift the focus of antibiotic stewardship efforts in low-resource settings.
The CDC advisory group discussions begin tomorrow, as the top WHO official urged countries to prepare for rising cases in the months ahead.
Parental risk factors for head trauma in babies during the pandemic included life stress such as job loss, intimate partner violence, and lifestyle changes.
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, of the World Health Organization (WHO) today said many European countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, were showing continued slowing of new monkeypox cases, while countries in the Americas (save for Canada) are still seeing increased case counts.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday urged health providers to ask patients with suspected flu infections outside of the regular flu season to ask about any recent exposure to pigs.
The patient who died was described as being severely immune-compromised.
Neutralizing antibody levels peaked at 84% but remained around 70% for up to 13 months.
