Today the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) said there were three new cases of MERS-CoV in the country, including two cases acquired in the healthcare settings.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released its final report on an outbreak of salmonellosis in alfalfa sprouts, calling the outbreak over.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported one new MERS case today. Like other recent cases, this patient had direct contact with camels.
The MOH said a 78-year-old Saudi person from Sakaka was infected with MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The agency did not specify the patient's sex, which is unusual. He or she is listed in stable condition.
Report finds some encouraging trends in resistance, but also notes increasing consumption of anitbiotics.
A new study has found that better compliance with treatment protocols can lead to quicker clearance of soft skin and tissue infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Carbapenems, penicillins, quinolones, macrolides and ketolides, and the newest cephalosporins were among the antibiotics that a World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel yesterday rated as "critically important" for human medicine of highest priority in limiting their use in food animals to combat resistance to the drugs.
Hospital-acquired and ventilator-related pneumonia get a 7-day course, IDSA says.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the age indication for Pfizer's Prevnar 13, the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine, allowing its use in adults ages 18 through 49 years old, the company said yesterday in a press release.
At a time when growing bacterial resistance underlines the need for new antibiotics, records on eight antibiotics approved in the United States from 2010 to 2015 suggest that they cost more than older drugs but don't necessarily offer clear clinical advantages, according to a study published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Two new H7N9 avian flu infections have been detected in China, both in Guangdong province, and the World Health Organization (WHO) in its latest overview of zoonotic flu infections has noted a handful of recent illnesses from China involving different strains.
