Infection Control News

HOUSTON — In this video, Cheryl A. Nickerson, PhD, professor of life sciences at the Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics at Arizona State University, explains the benefits of microbiological research in space.

HOUSTON — An automated plate reading system for urine cultures was accurate and easy to use, which could create a more efficient urine culture workflow, researchers reported at ASM Microbe.

A Texas health system moderately increased adherence to syphilis testing among pregnant people by implementing a tool that interrupted the completion of a chart if a test was not ordered, according to findings presented at ASM Microbe.

HOUSTON — IV treatment with a metallo-beta-lactam inhibitor could be an effective strategy to fight resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, a researcher reported here.

HOUSTON — Data from a cloud-based surveillance system showed a substantial increase in cases of Candida auris in the United States during a recent 6-month period, researchers reported at ASM Microbe.

HOUSTON — There has been a 77% increase in tattoo-related infections since 2000, a study found, although researchers say the number of infections is likely much higher.

An FDA advisory committee voted Thursday to recommend changing the composition of the country’s COVID-19 vaccines to be monovalent XBB-lineage vaccines, removing the wild strain of SARS-CoV-2 from the shots.

Stool culture “performed worse than would be expected” in diagnosing cholera during a period of waning cases in Haiti compared with PCR testing, according to the results of a small study.

The FDA recently approved a new indication for Prevymis as a prophylaxis to prevent cytomegalovirus disease in high-risk adult kidney transplant patients receiving organs from CMV-seropositive donors.

The FDA recently approved two separate vaccines to prevent respiratory syncytial virus in older adults. Soon, additional RSV prevention tools may be available for pediatric patients, too.