Top stories in infectious disease: Honey Smacks cereal linked with Salmonella outbreak, disgust protects people against infection

Among the recent top stories in infectious disease were the new International Classification of Diseases, which includes updates to codes related to antimicrobial resistance and adds gaming as an addictive disorder and categorized gender incongruence as a matter of sexual health.

In addition, packages of Honey Smacks were voluntarily recalled by Kellogg’s after the cereal was linked to a Salmonella outbreak involving dozens of patients in more than 30 states.

Other top stories include research that showeddisgust has evolved to help protect patients against infectious diseases; the cefazolin inoculum effect was associated with higher-mortality in patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia; and early infectious disease specialty intervention lowered mortality rates, reduced costs, and shortened the length of stay among older hospitalized patients. – by Jake Scott

ICD-11 updates resistance codes, adds gaming as addictive disorder

WHO previewed a new International Classification of Diseases, ICD-11, which includes updates to codes related to antimicrobial resistance, adds gaming as an addictive disorder and categorizes gender incongruence as a matter of sexual health, not a mental health condition. Read more.

Disease outbreaks caused by cereal ‘extremely uncommon’

Kellogg’s voluntarily recalled packages of Honey Smacks after the cereal was linked to an outbreak of Salmonella involving dozens of patients in more than 30 states. While the company and others investigate the cause of the outbreak, the CDC has warned consumers not to eat this particular cereal in any package size and told retailers to not to sell this product. Read more.

Disgust protects people against infection

According to researchers, disgust as a human emotion has evolved to help protect us against infectious diseases. Read more.

Cefazolin inoculum effect associated with higher mortality in patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

The cefazolin inoculum effect is associated with an increase in 30-day all-cause mortality in patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, or MSSA, where cephalosporins are used as first-line therapy, according to study findings published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Read more.

Early infectious disease consult improves outcomes for hospitalized patients

An infectious disease specialty intervention lowered mortality rates, reduced costs, and shortened the length of stay among hospitalized patients younger than 65 years of age, according to recent data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The results further showed that an early infectious disease intervention was associated with better outcomes than later involvement. Read more.