February 24, 2012
A round-up of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.
An mBio study finds that a strain of staph became resistant to penicillin and tetracycline after jumping to livestock. The strain is now common among those who work closely with animals.
Research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looks at a class of compounds that can reduce the severity of infections caused by group A Streptococcus (the cause of strep throat). Could these compounds be paired with existing antibiotics to boost their effectiveness?
A UK report finds a significant rise in antibiotic-resistant blood poisoning caused by E. coli. The report shows that bacteraemias caused by E. coli pathogens rose by 30% from 2005 and 2009, and the portion resistant to antibiotics has risen to 10%.
Research shared at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting suggests that antibiotic-resistant pathogens in clinics around the world contain genes identical to bacteria in soil.
Business Daily Africa charts the rise of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Africa.
Antibiotic prescribing in Canada is shown to have decreased by 25.3% since 1995, but experts argue more leadership and coordination is needed.
PATH takes an informal look at the National TB Laboratory Scale-Up plan in India.
A retrospective study demonstrates how clinical practice guidelines have worked to boost appropriate antibiotic treatment for child pneumonia in the United States.
IDSA and others urge congressional leaders in the U.S. to include incentives for new antibiotic development in the FDA s Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), likely to be passed in the coming months.
Infants receiving the five-in-one vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type b) are up to six times more likely to experience a febrile seizure, but researchers find no risk of long-term negative effects.
Web-savvy researchers ask Google, where are the disease outbreaks?
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