If confirmed, the case in Iowa would be the ninth imported case in the United States since 1959.
Researchers say the association with increased risk of drug-resistant infections suggests further research into the long-term impact of beta-lactam allergies is needed.
The group also used the contaminated milk samples to examine heat treatment and refrigeration impacts.
The coalition of global health organizations released a set of recommendations to be considered at September's UN High-Level Meeting on AMR.
GBS can follow bacterial or viral infections, and, rarely, follow vaccination.
A study in Texas finds a higher prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms in areas with high levels of economic deprivation.
No safety concerns were reported after Paxlovid use.
The prevalence of carbapenem-resistant and difficult-to-treat gram-negative priority pathogens is rising in most regions of the world.
ASPR is monitoring the situation closely and making resources like protective equipment available to state and local partners.
A single-center study found 40% of Pseudomonas isolates developed treatment-emergent resistance to the combination antibiotic within 90 days.
Wastewater levels are now at the high level, as other COVID indicators rise, especially in seniors and in western states.
A universal oral vancomycin prophylaxis protocol at a New Jersey hospital was linked to a significant drop in C diff infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.
Analysis of stool samples from 164 residents, 61% of whom were prescribed antibiotics in the prior year, found 1,100 unique antibiotic resistance genes.
A randomized trial in the Netherlands found that how babies are fed had a much bigger impact on the composition of the infant gut microbiome.
In more than 8,000 UK pneumonia patients, researchers found no evidence adjunctive macrolides lowered 30-day mortality or shortened time to hospital discharge.
A review and meta-analysis of data from 28 countries found significant increases in resistance to clarithromycin, metronidazole, and amoxicillin from 2020 to 2023.
Researchers also find that patients with penicillin allergy labels are more likely to get broad-spectrum antibiotics and have a higher risk of resistant infections and adverse events.
Sequencing from 3 of Washington's cases showed a change linked to slightly reduced oseltamivir susceptibility, but it isn't expected to impact the drug's clinical benefit.
In other developments, Bavarian Nordic announces the launch of a clinical trial of its vaccine in younger children, and the WHO adds 2 more tests through emergency listing.
Over half of participants (57%) reported a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
In total, 86% of those reluctant to receive a vaccine and 34% of those who were unwilling said they either were vaccinated or intended to be.
Patients exposed to a sick roommate or unit mate in the geriatric psychiatric unit were 6 times more likely to become infected.
The patient is a 66-year-old European man who had arrived in Thailand last week from an unspecified African country.
