Room surfaces near patients colonized with Candida auris were commonly re-contaminated within hours of cleaning or disinfection Date: April 20, 2022 Source: Healio Author: Caitlyn Stulpin Excerpt: "They collected samples from participants’ body sites and the surfaces around them before their rooms were cleaned and disinfected, followed by the [...]
Whole-genome sequencing revealed the spread of MRSA strains among patients, health care workers and the environment, including within — and even between — ICUs, according to findings in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Date: June 15, 2020 Source: Healio.com Author: Caitlyn Stulpin Excerpt: “For pathogens such as MRSA, hospitals may choose [...]
Countries with early interest in face mask use had milder COVID-19 infection rates Date: June 25, 2020 Source: Healio.com Author: Erin T. Welsh, MA Excerpt: "Researchers with the Chinese University of Hong Kong reported findings from an analysis of how public interest in face masks, based on Google Trends [...]
In their desperation, doctors and patients have been using an array of antimicrobial products in a manner that will lead to more harm than good. Date: April 1, 2020 Source: The Globe and Mail Author: Andrew Morris and Gerry Wright Excerpt: "Because COVID-19 is a viral infection that appears [...]
Resistance higher in device-associated infections Date: Nov 26, 2019 Source: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Author: Chris Dall Excerpt: "A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that antibiotic resistance is more prevalent in bacterial infections linked to medical devices such [...]
Scientists in UK identify growing trend that threatens to leave patients untreatable Date: Sep 11, 2019 Source: The Guardian Author: Denis Campbell Health policy editor Excerpt:"Bacteria are increasingly developing ways of resisting antibiotics, threatening a future in which patients could become untreatable, doctors have warned. Over the last decade scientists [...]
Nanofiber-based wound dressings loaded with vitamin D spur the production of an antimicrobial peptide, a key step forward in the battle against surgical site infections, or SSIs. Date: July 5, 2018 Source: Oregon State University, via ScienceDaily Excerpt: "The findings by Oregon State University researchers and other collaborators, published Wednesday [...]
Pathogenic yeast's mechanisms of transmission may be via skin. Date: June 23, 2019 Source: Healio Infectious Disease News Excerpt: "Patients colonized with Candida auris carry a high burden of the emerging and often multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen on their skin, suggesting that the natural process of skin shedding among these [...]
Drug-resistant diseases cause at least 700,000 deaths globally a year, including 230,000 deaths from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, according to the report, which was published Monday. In the absence of concerted global action, the authors estimate that up to 10 million people may die annually by 2030 as a result of drug-resistant [...]
The rise of Candida Auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs. Date: April 6, 2019 Source: The New York Times Author: Matt Richtel and Andrew Jacobs Excerpt: "The man at Mount Sinai died after 90 days in the hospital, but C. auris did not. Tests showed it [...]