March 22, 2013
A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.
A new visualization from a recent CDDEP paper illustrates the life cycle of the malaria parasite. [CDDEP]
This upcoming Monday (March 25), Dr. Tom Friedan, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will host a twitter chat on preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
A national survey of infection prevention specialists by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology suggests that more effort is needed to reduce the infection rates of Clostridium difficile infection in US hospitals. [NIH]
David Looke, the president of the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases, and other infectious diseases professionals talk about the emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CREs) in Australia. [ABC, The Age]
Reports of serious hospital-acquired infections after prostate biopsies are also on the rise in Australia. [The Age]
A study published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report finds that the number of annual tuberculosis cases in the US has fallen below 10,000 for the first time since the 1950 s but warns of the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis. [NPR]
Research published in the journal Antiviral Therapy shows that a toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV without harming body cells. [US News]
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