The International Society for Infectious Diseases' (ISID's) Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) today announced that it is teaming up with Public Health England to boost global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance efforts.
A study today in the Journal of Infectious Diseases found that egg-based adjuvanted and high-dose (HD) flu vaccines had slightly higher relative vaccine effectiveness (RVE) than egg-based quadrivalent (four-strain) vaccines in nearly 13 million Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older during the 2018-19 flu season.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case today. This raises the number of MERS cases recorded this month to 12.
The World Health Organization (WHO) flu vaccine strain selection committee met this week to assess what strains to include in the 2020-21 Northern Hemisphere flu season and today recommended swapping out three of the strains.
In their report, they recommend replacing egg-based flu vaccine strains:
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A population-based surveillance study estimates that there were nearly 23,000 cases of candidemia in the United States in 2017, researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and several state health departments reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Withholding antibiotic therapy until diagnosis of bacterial infections (ie, 4 to 8 hours) seems acceptable in patients other than those who may have septic shock or bacterial meningitis and may be a sound antibiotic stewardship approach, according to a meta-analysis of 60 studies published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Over the weekend and through today, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 7 new MERS-CoV cases: 5 in Riyadh, 1 in Taif, and 1 in Mecca. The new cases bring the February case tally to 18 and the March tally to 1.
A study conducted in a large healthcare system in Colorado found that a multicomponent intervention was associated with increased use of first-line antibiotics among children with uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), researchers reported today in Pediatrics.
A point-prevalence study of 32 US children's hospitals found that prophylactic (preventive) antibiotics were inappropriately given in 33.0% of pediatric surgical patients. The study, published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, was led by members of the SHARPS Collaborative based at Washington University in St. Louis.
Today Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case in Najran, bringing the March tally to three infections, after the ministry reported 18 in February.
Today Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case in Al-Kharj, bringing the country's March tally to four infections, after the ministry reported 18 in February and 15 in January.
Over the weekend Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 2 new MERS-CoV cases, 1 each in Mecca and Riyadh, bringing the country's March tally to 6 infections, after the ministry reported 18 cases in February and 15 in January.
A paper today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes a small cluster of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae detected at an Arizona nursing home.
Analysis of six European studies on the 2019/2020 influenza season indicate the interim vaccine effectiveness (VE) against laboratory-confirmed influenza in the primary care setting ranged from 29% to 61% and from 35% to 60% in hospitalized older adults. The results appeared today in Eurosurveillance.
A wild deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) near Farmington, Minn., nearly 100 miles from the state's disease epicenter, according to a Mar 13 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) news release.
As of Mar 2, the United States so far this year has recorded 12 measles cases from 7 jurisdictions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a Mar 12 monthly update. The totals reflect an increase of 7 cases and 2 jurisdictions since the CDC's last update on Feb 3.
CARB-X announced today that it is awarding $2.86 million to Microbiotix of Worcester, Massachusetts, to develop a new oral antibiotic for multidrug-resistant (MDR) gonorrhea.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported two more MERS-CoV cases, one in Riyadh and the other in Mecca, raising the number reported in March to eight.
A computerized clinical support tool implemented at an academic medical center helped reduce rates of Clostridioides difficile testing without an associated increase in adverse events in patients whose tests were prevented, researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine reported today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
A study today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology reports a high prevalence of antibiotic allergy labels (AALs) in Australian nursing homes.
Raking or blowing fall leaves on a lawn's border with a wooded area can create the ideal habitat for blacklegged ticks to thrive and spread disease the next spring, according to a study yesterday in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
Originally published by CIDRAP News Mar 19
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) announced late last week that 13 projects from 7 countries have been awarded funding for research on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
