A study yesterday in BMC Infectious Diseases indicates that piperacillin/tazobactam (PTZ) is effective in treating healthcare-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by extended-spectrum, beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC), a type of infection for which therapeutic options are limited.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS yesterday in a man from Riyadh.
The 47-year-old expatriate is in critical condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The man is not a healthcare worker, nor did he have contact with camels. The source of his infection is listed as primary, which means it's unlike he contracted it from anyone else.
So far 71 people have been hospitalized, and 36% of the sick patients are children.
The gene was found in 15 Salmonella isolates from broiler chickens in British Columbia.
Nearly one in four adult outpatients prescribed antibiotic monotherapy for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) do not respond to treatment, according to a paper presented at the 2017 American Thoracic Society International Conference.
New lab tests make it difficult to compare year-to-year FoodNet data, the CDC says.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS and three deaths in previously reported patients in recent days. Both of the new cases were linked to camel contact.
Report finds extremely high multidrug resistance in a Salmonella strain that can sicken humans.
Israel and four European countries reported more highly pathogenic H5N8 outbreaks, according to the latest updates from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Israel reported six new outbreaks in the central part of the country, with start dates ranging from Jan 23 to Feb 12, five of them at farms (turkeys, ducks, and laying hens) and one involving three barn owls found dead at a nature park.
China today reported five new H7N9 avian flu cases in humans, most of whom are in critical condition.
According to the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) in Hong Kong, a 50-year-old woman from Nanchang is hospitalized in critical condition in Jiangxi province. And a 59-year-old man from Yiyang who worked with poultry is also listed in critical condition in a Hunan province hospital, the CHP said.
