A recent cluster of 40 cases in Chicago suggests that vaccine protection may wane over time, but vaccinated patients do well recovering at home.
Nineteen of 50 swimmers experienced diarrhea beginning 3 days after their return from a training trip to Puerto Rico.
As many as 92% of workers expressed psychological burden over possible infection during work, and many were concerned about infecting family members.
Of 22 patients interviewed, 15 said they ate Papa Murphy's raw chocolate chip cookie dough or raw s'mores bars dough.
All isolates were resistant to at least one antibiotic, with the vast majority of Salmonella and Shigella isolates resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
The bivalent booster marshaled a robust antibody response against the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants but not against the more recently emerged variants.
The monthly proportion of hospitalizations tied to psychological issues spiked after the emergence of COVID-19 in the US but not in France.
The pact will help lower the cost of two shorter treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis, broadening access.
The unvaccinated had fewer poor outcomes during Omicron than Delta, but their risk was similar to that seen with previous strains.
The regimen was recently recommended by the WHO for treating patients with drug-resistant TB.
CDC researchers review 192 C auris–associated hospitalizations, including 38 C auris bloodstream infections (20%), and note a crude mortality rate of 34%.
The team conducted the trial after several systematic reviews and meta-analyses suggested that continuous administration may decrease mortality in sepsis patients and reduce the emergence of antibiotic resistance.
The trial in Kenya involved 449 women who were taking daily oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and randomized them to receive doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis or standard of care.
The company, however, recently filed for bankruptcy, citing the prolonged FDA authorization process.
Risk factors include receiving intubation, a central venous line, or a drain, plus receipt of antifungal drugs within 7 days of admission.
There were more than 271,000 chikungunya illnesses last year, 95 of them fatal, compared with about 137,000 cases in 2021.
The list of contacts grows to 950 people, including 213 in the high-risk category, of whom 21 are hospitalized.
Groups announced new clinical trials and more support for universal flu, MERS, and mpox vaccines.
More than 230 organizations representing healthcare providers, public health professionals, and others have sent a letter to Congress urging for steps to address antimicrobial resistance.
Of the 400 pets tested, 15% of dogs and 5% of cats were colonized with multidrug-resistant microbes.
The NIH is investing $515 million more in its long COVID research program.
Black patients were more likely to be diagnosed later and wait longer to receive appropriate antibiotics.
Data from primary care facilities showed that antibiotic prescriptions for COVID-19 were clustered among a small proportion of clinics.
Patients considered highly socially vulnerable were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with severe C diff infection and die from it than less vulnerable people.
An electronic health record order set that pre-selected a 5-day antibiotic course for children with acute otitis media improved compliance with treatment guidelines by 80%.
