Bacterial Infection

A stand-alone sequencing approach was accurate, cost effective and efficient for analyzing resistant pathogens and determining their health care-associated transmission, researchers found.

Bartonella quintana, the louse-borne bacterium known for causing trench fever in World War I, meets the criteria of being a neglected tropical disease in Africa, researchers suggested.

The FDA has issued a safety alert warning patients and health care providers of a “risk of invasive, potentially fatal disease” linked to probiotic use among preterm infants in hospital settings.

Several people contracted Aeromonas infections during a Tough Mudder race in California, health officials confirmed.

Testing children with suspected sinusitis for three species of bacteria could help cut down on antibiotic use, the results of a randomized clinical trial suggest.

A high risk for in-hospital mortality, ICU admittance and mechanical ventilation was found in patients with COVID-19 plus a community-acquired bacterial infection, according to study results published in Critical Care.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — An antimicrobial stewardship initiative involving more than 130 U.S. hospitals has shown promise — particularly when it comes to treating children for an appropriate duration, researchers reported here.

In a retrospective study of more than 10,000 bloodstream infections, a delay of 12 hours in initiating appropriate antimicrobial therapy was associated with increased 30-day mortality, but shorter delays were not, researchers found.

The risk for postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infection among children who undergo surgery remains high, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Treatment for children with nonsevere tuberculosis can be safely shortened from 6 to 4 months, according to the results of a study published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine.