The findings suggest a resistance mutation occurred in the index patient and was then spread to four others.
A longitudinal study in Papua New Guinea has found that mass administration of antibiotics followed by targeted treatment did not eliminate yaws, researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet. The study also discovered the first signs of resistance in the tropical infection, which causes chronic disfiguring skin ulcers in children in at least 14 countries.
A new case of MERS-CoV and three deaths in previously reported cases bring totals since June 2012 to 897 and 377, respectively in Saudi Arabia, according to a report today from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
