CDC Warns of Drug-Resistant Typhoid Fever Outbreak
A new multi-drug resistant Salmonella typhi bacteria has been found in 71 patients here in the US. “This marks the first time cases of ceftriaxone-resistant Typhi infections have been [...]
Fluconazole-Resistant Candida glabrata Bloodstream Isolates
In a recent review of fluconazole-resistant strains of Candida glabrata isolated from S. Korean patients, researchers identified an almost uniform mutation. By sequencing the pleiotropic [...]
December 1st-World AIDS Day
There are over 38 million people living with HIV with over 1.7 million new infections in the past year. The world has made significant progress since the late 1990s, but HIV remains a major [...]
CDC Sends Millions for Antibiotic Resistance
In August, CDC awarded more than $77 million to health departments and research partners nationwide to help fight existing and emerging antibiotic-resistant threats. Many of the new projects [...]
World MRSA Day – the Ongoing Global MRSA Epidemic
Jeanine Thomas, founder of World MRSA Day and MRSA Survivors Network said, “Everyone is at risk for a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection just as the public is at [...]
Now, ‘Banana Covid’ hits plantations
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is of the opinion that TR4 (tropical race 4 of the Fusarium oxysporum mold) is one of the “the most destructive of all plant [...]
Aspergillosis Complicating Influenza in the United States
In an online survey, we found that nearly one-fifth of physicians in the United States who responded had seen or heard about a case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis after severe influenza at [...]
Coronavirus Patients Need to Be Tested for Bacteria and Fungi as well
The author of the OpEd, “COVID-19 Patients Need to Be Tested for Bacteria and Fungi, not just the Coronavirus” stresses that many COVID-19 patients develop secondary infections. These [...]
Antibiotic resistance is the hidden threat lurking behind COVID-19
Dr. Gerberding, past Director of the CDC, warns that while the current SARS-CoV-2 crisis demands attention to the development of vaccines and antiviral therapeutics, she raises the caution that [...]
Treatment of Multidrug-resistant Gram-Negative Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
The increases in skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) because of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens is a global concern. Although MDR Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) are often overlooked as a [...]
