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BioMerieux tapped to provide diagnostics in LMICs to combat AMR

Yesterday, French diagnostics company bioMerieux announced that that the Fleming Fund has selected it as a supplier in a tender process to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 18 low- and middle-income countries.

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BioMerieux tapped to provide diagnostics in LMICs to combat AMR

Originally published by CIDRAP News Dec 19

Yesterday, French diagnostics company bioMerieux announced that that the Fleming Fund has selected it as a supplier in a tender process to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 18 low- and middle-income countries.

Spending bills boost funding for some antibiotic resistance measures

A federal spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Trump late last week includes millions in additional funds for agencies addressing antibiotic resistance. But funding remained flat for some efforts.

Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans

Spending bills boost funding for some antibiotic resistance measures

Originally published by CIDRAP News Dec 26

A federal spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Trump late last week includes millions in additional funds for agencies addressing antibiotic resistance. But funding remained flat for some efforts.

New clindamycin-resistant C difficile strain identified in VA patients

A surveillance study of patients in a Veterans Administration (VA) long-term care facility and its affiliated acute care hospital detected the clonal outbreak of a newly recognized Clostridioides difficile strain, researchers reported yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Survey of European ICU docs finds concern over multidrug resistance

More than half of physicians in European intensive care units (ICUs) say multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections are a problem in their hospitals, according to a survey published yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.

Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans

Survey of European ICU docs finds concern over multidrug resistance

More than half of physicians in European intensive care units (ICUs) say multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections are a problem in their hospitals, according to a survey published yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.

Review: Pediatric stewardship programs have impact, but mainly in US

A systematic review of 113 studies indicates that pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) have a significant impact on the reduction of targeted and empiric antibiotic use, costs, and antimicrobial resistance in both inpatient and outpatient settings, researchers reported late last week in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.

CARB-X to fund novel immunotherapy for gram-negative bacteria

CARB-X today announced an award of up to $1.4 million to Centauri Therapeutics of Sandwich, UK, for the development of ABX01, a novel immunotherapy designed to treat infections caused by gram-negative pathogens.

English health officials unveil strategy to contain CPE in hospitals

Public Health England (PHE) yesterday published a draft framework for healthcare providers on how to contain the spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in hospitals.

NIAID funds development of test for detecting AMR genes

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded $1.5 million to Phase Genomics of Seattle, Washington, to develop a low-cost, culture-free platform for detecting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes.

Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans

NIAID funds development of test for detecting AMR genes

Originally published by CIDRAP News Jan 9

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded $1.5 million to Phase Genomics of Seattle, Washington, to develop a low-cost, culture-free platform for detecting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes.

CARB-X awards $3.2 million for monoclonal antibody against superbugs

CARB-X today said it has awarded Trellis Bioscience of Redwood City, California, up to $3.2 million to develop an innovative monoclonal antibody designed to disrupt the protective biofilm that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics.

Flour-linked E coli outbreak sickens 17 in 8 states

Federal health officials and their state partners are investigating an Escherichia coli O126 outbreak linked to flour sold at Aldi stores in 11 states in the eastern part of the country. So far, 17 illnesses have been reported in eight states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a May 24 outbreak announcement.

Study finds prolonged courses of antibiotics common at discharge

A multicenter study looking at total durations of antibiotic exposure related to hospitalization indicates that more than a third of hospital-related antibiotic exposure occurs after patients are discharged from the hospital, researchers from Duke and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported yesterday in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

WHO advisors extend polio public health emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) polio emergency committee met for the 21st time last week and unanimously agreed that the spread of polio still remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) under International Health Regulations.

Study finds variation in superbug colonization tied to close interactions

Close human interaction was highly associated with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-KP) but less so with ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) in a nursing home setting, according to a study by French researchers yesterday in PLOS Computational Biology.

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Tennessee study links infant antibiotic exposure to childhood asthma

Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center have found a dose-dependent association between infant antibiotic exposure and subsequent development of childhood asthma, according to a new study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Groups urge Wendy's to cut antibiotics from beef supply chain

A coalition of food safety, health, and consumer groups today urged fast-food giant Wendy's to phase out the use of medically important antibiotics in its beef supply chain.

ECDC spotlights NDM-producing CRE outbreak in Tuscany region, Italy

Since November 2018, hospitals in the Tuscany region of Italy have reported 350 cases of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported yesterday in a rapid risk assessment.

Scoring system identifies infants at risk of invasive bacterial infections

A nationwide team of pediatric infectious disease and emergency medicine specialists has developed a new scoring system to identify febrile infants with a low probability of invasive bacterial infection (IBI), according to a paper yesterday in Pediatrics.

Investigational drug for resistant TB gets favorable FDA committee vote

An investigational drug to treat highly resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB) took another step in the regulatory approval process yesterday.

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Investigational drug for resistant TB gets favorable FDA committee vote

An investigational drug to treat highly resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB) took another step in the regulatory approval process yesterday.

Stewardship in Scotland tied to lower broad-spectrum prescribing

Researchers in Scotland report in PLOS Medicine that implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) was associated with large, sustained reductions in the prescribing of three broad-spectrum antimicrobials and in a modest reduction of coliform bacteremia resistance rates.